Leo Arnold Martin DEMPSEY

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DEMPSEY, Leo Arnold Martin

Service Number:	267418
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Coglin, South Australia, 19 January 1898
Home Town:	Canowie, Goyder, South Australia
Schooling:	Canowie Belt Primary School, Adelaide High School
Occupation:	Accountant
Died:	Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales, 14 September 1947, aged 49 years
Cemetery:	Botany General Cemetery, New South Wales RC21 - Roman Catholic FM 21 - 2217
Memorials:	Adelaide High School Great War Honour Board

World War 2 Service

3 Jan 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 267418
Date unknown:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 267418

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Biography

Rootsweb ID: I467898 Birth Record: 19 Jan 1898 in Coglin, Near Nackara, South Australia.

Father Andrew Felix Dempsey and Mother Mary Ann Haughton.

NOK: C Dempsey

1908 Enrolled in service

****unable to find embarkation roll ****

****NAA needs to be contacted to release service records****

worked as a Public Accountant in South Australia.

Married: Cecilia Irene Dempsey (d. 21/7/1988 - buried with Leo)
2 children: Leonie and Gregory

last lived at Bellevue Road, Bellevue Hill, NSW and
worked as a Co-Director of Fosters Shoes Pty Ltd, NSW.

14/9/1947    passed away at St Vincent's Private Hospital, NSW.
buried in:    Botany Catholic Cemetery (now called Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park)
                   RC21 - Roman Catholic FM 21 - 2217

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 215/2016. Lest we forget.
onbehalf of Kaye Bottrall, Jamestown, SA.

Biography contributed

WW2 Service Record states details of any former service as follows:

1914 -15: Senior Cadets

1916: Australian Garrison Artillery

July 1917: enlisted AIF 1181 Gnr 36 Heavy Artillery Group of the Royal Garrison Artillery

Feb 1918: Discharged from AIF, Medically unifit

1918-20: District Finance Officer. Last Rank held W/O 2nd Class.

Services Terminated at Dempsey's request

Note: No service record exists with NAA. No embarkation or nominal roll with AWM.

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