GARNER L.W.

Given Names:  Leonard Walter

Service Number:  2491

Unit:  22nd Battalion, 5th reinforcements                                                                          

Rank:  Acting Corporal                                                                                                    

Paybook Number: 

Age:  19 Yrs  7 Mths

Occupation:  Tailor                                                                                                        

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6¾ In                  

Weight:  145 Lbs

Chest:  35-37 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  29/6/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Thomas Garner

4 Valentine Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                      

Embarkation Date:  29/9/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Osterley

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Sardinia 

Embarked:  19/4/1919                               

Disembarked:  8/6/1919

Unit:  Australian Salvage Corps                                                                                                      

Rank:  Sergeant

Discharge Date:  31/7/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  19808

British War Medal:  19718

Victory Medal:  19591

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  15/12/1896

Place:  Northampton, England                  

Father:  Thomas GARNER                       

Mother:  Jane LOVE

MARRIAGE

Year:  1919     

Place:             

Spouse: Ruth Emily NICHOLAS

DEATH

Date or Year: 17/6/1982                          

Place: Mount Waverley, Victoria           

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:   V159843                                                 

Date Enlisted:   28/2/1940                                                     

Date Discharged:  1/10/1946

COMMENTS

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