Leonard Claude MCDOUGALL

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MCDOUGALL, Leonard Claude

Service Numbers:	Q227014, 71724
Enlisted:	8 August 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 18 December 1907
Home Town:	Stanthorpe, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Ipswich Boys' Grammar School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Chemist
Died:	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 27 September 2000, aged 92 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

8 Aug 1942:	Involvement Private, Q227014, Page missing from Enlistment Register
8 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q227014, 8th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
8 Aug 1942:	Enlisted
26 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 71724
26 Sep 1944:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 71724
21 Oct 1945:	Discharged
21 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q227014, 8th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Leonard was the youngest of two sons of Alexander McDougall (b1883 in Ipswich, QLD) and Emily Clements (b1884 in Maryborough, QLD). Alexander (a Saddler) and Emily married in 1904 in Ipswich QLD. They settled in Goondiwindi QLD where they raised their sons.

Leonard boarded at Ipswich Boys' Grammar School for secondary schooling. In 1929 he was a Chemist living in Brisbane QLD, before working in Warwick in 1930. In 1940 Leonard married Mollie Maxine Middleton (b1917 in Brisbane, QLD) and the couple settled in Stanthorpe QLD. Leonard enlisted in the ACMF in August 1942 (Private; Service No:Q227014) and was attached to 8 Battalion VDC (QLD) when he Discharged in October 1942 to enlist in the RAAF. Leonard was a Flying Officer (Service No:71724) attached to RAAF Station Bradfield Park when he Discharged in September 1944.

Leonard and Mollie settled in Stanthorpe QLD where Leonard was a Chemist. Mollie died in 1995 and Leonard in 2000.

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