Leonard John MCBARRON

MCBARRON, Leonard John

Service Number: QX64904
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Signalman, QX64904
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

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Signalman McBarron QX64904 and Sergeant Mayne VX64256 became Prisoners of War and were subsequently executed by Japanese personnel