MONTGOMERIE, Leonard Montague
Service Numbers: | SX15503, 4400059 |
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Enlisted: | 16 December 1941, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Captain |
Last Unit: | Australian Ancillary Unit Korea |
Born: | Port Clinton, South Australia, 28 November 1921 |
Home Town: | Ardrossan, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Natural causes, Australia, 21 November 1976, aged 54 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Flinders Park Staff of the South Australian Gas Company Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
16 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, 4400059 | |
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16 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Private, SX15503, Adelaide, South Australia | |
17 Dec 1941: | Involvement SX15503 | |
5 Mar 1946: | Discharged Lieutenant, SX15503, 2nd/7th Independent Company |
Korean War Service
11 Nov 1950: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, 4400059, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) | |
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11 Nov 1950: | Involvement 4400059 | |
19 Feb 1952: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, 4400059, Australian Ancillary Unit Korea | |
19 Feb 1952: | Involvement 4400059 | |
4 Aug 1952: | Involvement 4400059 | |
4 Aug 1952: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, 4400059, Australian Ancillary Unit Korea |
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Awarded the Military Cross: Captain Montgomerie, when a platoon commander of No. 4 Platoon, B Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), showed outstanding bravery, leadership and determination at Chukton-ni, Korea, on 24 April 1951.
"Won M.C. in Korea
CANBERRA, Friday.— A platoon commander of the Third Battalion in Korea has been Awarded the Military Cross. He is Lieutenant Leonard Montague Montgomerie, of Ardrossan (S.A.). The citation says that his platoon was ordered to capture a strongpoint on April 24. Although outnumbered two to one, Montgomerie took the enemy post with two bayonet charges. Sixty-seven enemy dead were counted..." - from the Courier Mail 18 Aug 1951 (nla.gov.au)