Leo was selected as part of "B" Force,becoming Japanese P.O.W. Number 384.
He died of Malaria at Sandakan No. 1 Camp and was buried in Sandakan No. 1 Cemetery.
He is remembered on the Labuan Memorial as well as at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia and the Ex P.O.W. Memorial Wall at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
"When you go home
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
A.I.F. Photo used with kind permission of Iain MacFarlaine."
~
View Memorial Site HERE.
Leo was selected as part of "B" Force,becoming Japanese P.O.W. Number 384.
He died of Malaria at Sandakan No. 1 Camp and was buried in Sandakan No. 1 Cemetery.
He is remembered on the Labuan Memorial as well as at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia and the Ex P.O.W. Memorial Wall at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
"When you go home
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
A.I.F. Photo used with kind permission of Iain MacFarlaine."
~
View Memorial Site HERE.
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