LEACH, Colin Hedley
| Service Numbers: | V25797, 41352 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 November 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 1 Wireless Air Gunnery School Ballarat |
| Born: | Minyip, Victoria, Australia, 5 October 1921 |
| Home Town: | Minyip, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of Illness, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 September 1945, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 2.S.D.16, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Minyip Memorial Hall LEARMONTH & LEACH Memorial Plaque |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V25797 | |
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| 23 Jun 1941: | Involvement Sergeant, 41352, No. 1 Wireless Air Gunnery School Ballarat | |
| 23 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Melbourne, Victoria | |
| 23 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 41352 |
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"Death of Sgt. Colin Leach
Sgt. Colin Leach, RAAF, son-in law of Mr. and Mrs. E. Buck, Bay Road, Mt. Gambier, died at the Heidelberg Military Hospital on Sunday last, September 9, and was buried with full military honours on Tuesday. It will be remembered that his wife (nee Gladys Gwen Buck); died in Mt. Gambier on March 9 last. Sgt. Leach, whose home town was Minyip, Vic., was stationed at Ballarat with the RAAF until a month ago, and died after a short illness in hospital. The young couple were married at the Methodist Church, Mt. Gambier, in August last year." - from the Mount Gambier Border Watch 15 Sep 1945 (nla.gov.au)
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