Arthur Leslie LEGGETT OAM

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Service Number:	WX1042
Enlisted:	23 November 1939
Last Rank:	Signaller
Last Unit:	2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 8 September 1918
Home Town:	Mount Lawley, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Steel Worker
Died:	Aged care home, Perth, Western Australia, Australia , 6 April 2025, aged 106 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Padbury, Western Australia
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

23 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Signaller
23 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX1042, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
4 Jun 1941:	Imprisoned Battle of Crete, MIA - not confirmed POW until 28 Oct 1941
6 Dec 1945:	Involvement Signaller, WX1042, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
6 Dec 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX1042, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement Signaller, WX1042, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion

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