George Leslie REHN

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REHN, George Leslie

Service Number:	NX48495
Enlisted:	1 October 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 22 October 1904
Home Town:	Nhill, Hindmarsh, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Died at sea (POW Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 14 September 1944, aged 39 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX48495
1 Oct 1941:	Involvement Private, NX48495
1 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Paddington, NSW
1 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX48495, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

George Leslie (Les) Rehn, also known as Leonard Ashby Barnett, from Nhill, Victoria who enlisted in 1941 aged 37. He served as NX48495 Private (Pte) Rehn with 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps. Taken prisoner by the Japanese he died on 14 September 1944, when the Japanese transport Rakuyo Maru in convoy from Singapore to Japan, was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea. His younger brother SX22740 Pte Hurtle William Rehn survived the war.

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