LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Henry John LEESE
Service No: 118515
Born: Chelsea VIC, 8 August 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 September 1942
Unit: No. 1 School of Technical Training, Exhibition Building, Carlton VIC
Died: Illness, Heidelberg VIC, 7 May 1946, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Leonard Levi and Ada May Leese, of Tatura
Roll of Honour: Tatura VIC
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 29 October 1945, Sergeant Leese, a Fitter General, was admitted to No. 6 RAAF Hospital Heidelberg, seriously ill with tuberculosis and he died on the 7 May 1946.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/24/976