LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman George Hilton LEACH
Service No: 120260
Born: Hampton VIC, 5 October 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 29 October 1942
Discharged from the RAAF: 3 August 1945
Unit at Discharge: No 31 Radar Station, Fenton NT
Died: Illness, Victoria, 31 May 1947, Aged 22 Years
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George Hilton Leach and Ruby Frost Leach, of Malvern.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 3, Springvale Crematorium VIC
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On the 3 August 1945, Leading Aircraftman Leach, a Radio Direction Finding (Radar) Mechanic, was discharged from the RAAF as medically unfit. He died on 31 May 1947 and was cremated in the Springvale Crematorium.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 120260