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ADAMS, Leonard Claude
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX12376 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 April 1940, Rutherford Camp, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1913 |
| Home Town: | Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 6 March 1941, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 29 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Lieutenant, NX12376, Rutherford Camp, New South Wales | |
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| 29 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX12376, 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Mar 1941: | Involvement Lieutenant, NX12376, 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion, Libya/North Africa |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...NX12376 Lieutenant Leonard Claude Adams, 2/13 Battalion, on a camel. Lt Adams, of Inverell, New South Wales, enlisted on 29 April 1940. Lt Adams was killed in action at Egypt on 6 March 1941, aged 28 years old. Several items belonging to Lt Adams are also held in the National Collection of the Australian War Memorial." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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