WIELAND, Lennard Kitchner
| Service Number: | QX49189 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 19 May 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 60th Field Park Company |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 July 1921 |
| Home Town: | Bunjurgen, Scenic Rim, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Boonah State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Charcoal Burner |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 4 August 2007, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 19 May 1943: | Involvement Sapper, QX49189 | |
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| 19 May 1943: | Enlisted | |
| 19 May 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX49189 | |
| 18 May 1944: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, 60th Field Park Company | |
| 16 Apr 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, QX49189, 60th Field Park Company, embarked Brisbane for Morotai per Duntroon | |
| 22 May 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX49189 | |
| 22 May 1945: | Discharged | |
| 24 May 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, QX49189, 60th Field Park Company, emplaned Morotai for Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Sapper Lennard Kitchener Wieland (Service No:QX49189) enlisted in the Army on 19 May 1943 as a Private attached to 18 Infantry Training Battalion. He was promoted to Sapper on 18 May 1994 and served in Morotai with 60 Field Park Coy. Sapper Wieland was Discharged on 22 May 1945.
Born in 1921 in Brisbane QLD, Len was the first child of Melinda (Linda) Margaret Wieland (b1902 at Milford, QLD). Len was raised by his maternal grandparents (believing Melinda was one of his sisters until he was twelve years of age). Len's grandparents (Frederick and Agnes) lived at Milford nr Boonah where Fred was a Farmer.
Len worked at Bunjurgen nr Boonah as a Sawmill Benchman and was a Charcoal Burner in 1943 when he enlisted in the Army. Following his Discharge in 1945, Len married Audrey Rowe (b1921 in Broken Hill, NSW) in September that year and was a Farmer at Bunjurgen. By 1949 Len and Audrey were living at Tara via Goondiwind, where Len was working as a Timber Getter. The couple settled in Adelaide, South Australia where Audrey died in 1995 and Len in 2007.
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