Leonard Albert GANNAWAY

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GANNAWAY, Leonard Albert

Service Numbers:	VX60159, V13441, VX60159/V13441
Enlisted:	21 April 1941
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd/16th Field Company / Squadron RAE
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 December 1922
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bricklayer
Died:	Thornbury, Victoria, Australia, 17 August 1970, aged 47 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Preston General Cemetery, Bundoora, Victoria
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World War 2 Service

21 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX60159
21 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, V13441
25 Jul 1941:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, V13441
25 Jul 1941:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX60159
19 May 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, VX60159
5 Oct 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, VX60159, ex Brisbane per Wilfred Grenfell to Bougainville
6 Feb 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, VX60159, ex Torokina per George Peat to Aitape
16 Mar 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, VX60159, 2 Field Coy Royal Australian Engineers
Date unknown:	Involvement Sapper, VX60159/V13441, 2nd/16th Field Company / Squadron RAE

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Len was the youngest of four children (sons) of Lancelot Gannaway (born 1887 in Preston, Victoria) and Mary May Duncan (born 1890 in East Brunswick, Victoria). Lancelot was a Labourer in Melbourne, Victoria when he married Mary in 1909. Lancelot and Mary lived in Melbourne, where Lancelot was a Labourer.

Len was a Fitter's Assistant in Melbourne when he first enlisted in the Army in 1941. He then reenlisted in 1943 (Sapper; Service Nos:VX60159/V13441) and served in New Guinea with 2/14 Field Coy RAE. Len was Discharged in 1945. Brothers William Duncan (Private; Service No:VX56936), and Alexander William (Sapper; Service No:VX21202) also served in WWII.

In 1943 Len married Ruth Taylor (born 1925 in Melbourne, Victoria) and following the War, Len and Ruth settled in Melbourne where Len worked as a Bricklayer and Driver. Len died in 1970 and Ruth in 1976.

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