Soldier profiles
Name : LEAHY, ALBERT HENRY
Service Number : VX19124
Date of Birth : 16/11/1904
Place of Birth : TRENTHAM, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 29/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : EPPING, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : LEAHY, JEAN
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : FORT MERDJAYOUN (SYRIA)
Wounded (date / details) : 17/06/1941 FORT MERDJAYOUN (SYRIA) MACHINE GUN BULLET IN SIDE
Discharged : 29/11/1945
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : SYRIA, JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : BEIRUT HOSPITAL (SYRIA), THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : BEIRUT HOSPITAL (SYRIA), THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0051 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6215345 [OPEN], Barcode 1033276 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 948kB), Past article (size 368kB), Past article (size 358kB)
Background : Repatriated to Australia on S.S. Tamaroa.
