Leon John Leger DAWES

DAWES, Leon John Leger

    Service Number: 41172
    Enlisted: Not yet discovered
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR)
    Born: Cleve, South Australia , 15 August 1933
    Home Town: Thevenard, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Porter South Australian Railways
    Died: Killed In Action, Korea, 26 July 1953, aged 19 years
    Cemetery: United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Busan, Korea
    Private Dawes was originally interred at Tanggok Cemetery. Portion 36 Plot and Row 5 Grave No.2935
    Memorials: Adelaide Pathway of Honour - 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment , Adelaide Post Second World War Memorial, Adelaide Post Second World War Memorial, Ceduna Murat Bay and District Korea and Vietnam Honor Roll, Korea United Nations Memorial Cemetery Wall of Remembrance
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    Korean War Service

    25 Jun 1950: Involvement Private, 41172, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR)
    17 Mar 1953: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 41172
    Date unknown: Involvement

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    S.A. Man Killed In Korea 

    CANBERRA, July 31.
    A 19-year-old SA soldier, Pte. Leon John Leger Dawes, of Thevenard was killed in action in Korea while the final truce negotiations were taking place.
    Pte. Dawes, who was born at Cleve. had joined the SAR as a junior porter after leaving school. He was living at Thevenard with his parents when he enlisted.

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