Leonard Herbert GUEST

GUEST, Leonard Herbert

Service Number: NX57219
Enlisted: 15 January 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Narrandera, NSW, Australia, 7 July 1908
Home Town: Coolah, Warrumbungle Shire, New South Wales
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Illness, Merrylands, NSW, Australia, 22 October 1965, aged 57 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

15 Jan 1941: Enlisted Private, NX57219
15 Jan 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX57219
13 Jul 1941: Involvement Private, NX57219, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk
27 Oct 1942: Wounded Private, NX57219, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, G.S.W. (Rt thigh)
4 Sep 1943: Involvement Private, NX57219, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns
5 Apr 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX57219
5 Apr 1945: Discharged Private, NX57219, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Involvement Private, NX57219, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Leonard Herbert GUEST was born on 7th July, 1908 in Narrandera, New South Wales

His parents were Thomas GUEST and Lynda FLOOD who married in 1898 (registered in Narranderra, NSW)

He married Adelaide Rose CAMPBELL  in 1940 (registered in Quirindi, NSW)

Leonard died on 22nd October, 1965 in Merrylands, Sydney