Leonard (Leon) HARRINGTON

HARRINGTON, Leonard

Service Numbers: 4451, S1110
Enlisted: 23 February 1916
Last Rank: Warrant Officer Class 1
Last Unit: 2nd Australian Motor Transport Workshops (2nd AIF)
Born: Sheffield, England, 15 February 1894
Home Town: Fullarton, Unley, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Blacksmith

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World War 1 Service

Under an alias (Charles Johnson) Leon enlisted in Perth, WA, enlistment number 4451, 28th Batt., and served in France.

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23 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 4451, 28th Infantry Battalion
31 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, SN 4451, 28th Infantry Battalion
31 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 4451, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Fremantle
8 Feb 1920: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 4451, 28th Infantry Battalion

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World War 2 Service

14 Aug 1940: Involvement Warrant Officer Class 1, SN S1110
14 Aug 1940: Enlisted Cheltenham, SA
14 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 1, SN S1110
27 Aug 1945: Discharged
27 Aug 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 1, SN S1110

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HARRINGTON, Leonard (Leon)
b. 15 Feb 1894, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
d. 30 Oct 1978 (aged 84)
e. Military 4451 (WW1) (28th Batt) & 51110 W/O (WW2) 28th BN & S.A.L of C Workshop
e. Burial 01 Nov 1978 Kingscote Cemetery, Kangaroo Island, SA
m. PICKFORD, May Irene 14 Apr 1914 Poole, Dorset, England
d. 13 May 1966 Moonta Mines, SA

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Burial Notes:

Loved by His Wife & Family May, Rita, Jim, Chris, Anne, Jay

Daughter

HARRINGTON, Rita Irene
b. 02 Jul 1920 Kilkenny, SA
d. 08 Mar 2001 (aged 80) Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA
Buried. Kingscote Cemetery, Kangaroo Island
m. BOWDEN, Lionel Frank (Jim) MC Oct 1943
d. 14 Feb 2013

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