Leonard John COON

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Service Number:	NX36283
Enlisted:	11 July 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/12th Field Ambulance
Born:	Jamestown, South Australia, 15 August 1910
Home Town:	Griffith, Griffith, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shunter in railways
Died:	Died at sea (Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 13 September 1944, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 25 Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Cowra and District War Memorial WW2, Griffith Cenotaph

11 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Wagga Wagga, NSW
11 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX36283, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance
12 Sep 1944:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX36283, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance

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