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MCBARRON, Leonard John
Personal Details
Service Number: | QX64904 |
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Enlisted: | 6 February 1941 |
Last Rank: | Signaller |
Last Unit: | New Guinea Force Battalion |
Born: | Herberton, Queensland, Australia, 14 February 1921 |
Home Town: | Atherton, Tablelands, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Presumed, New Guinea, 1 June 1942, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lae Memorial, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Lae Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Signalman, QX64904 | |
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6 Feb 1941: | Enlisted | |
6 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX64904 | |
1 Jun 1942: | Involvement Signaller, QX64904, New Guinea Force Battalion, Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 | |
1 Jun 1942: | Enlisted |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Signalman McBarron QX64904 and Sergeant Mayne VX64256 became Prisoners of War and were subsequently executed by Japanese personnel