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Jun 29, 2021 · Leonard (Len) Roy Mcleod was born on 2 June 1926, a child of the Great Depression, the youngest of three children. His father, a WWI veteran, died of respiratory problems caused from gas attacks when serving in France, when Len was just five.
Apr 15, 2019 · Leonard Roy McLeod was born on the second of June, 1926, the youngest child of Ruby and John McLeod, a working class family in the western suburbs of Melbourne. Len was barely 4 years old when his father died from the effects of gassing during WW1 on the Western Front in France.
Oct 12, 2022 · Despite watching his father die from respiratory problems after being gassed in WW1, a young Leonard McLeod was determined to join the Army when WW2 broke out. He was only 13 at the time, so two years later, he put his age up to enlist.
May 5, 2021 · Len McLeod was 18 years old when joined the US Army Small Ships and witnessed one of the largest naval battles in history. “I said to the captain, ‘Where are we going? Are we going straight into bloody Tokyo or what?’
Aug 3, 2022 · It took 75 years for 96-year-old Leonard McLeod to be recognised for his service with the 1939-45 Star. Len is likely the last surviving Australian veteran to be issued the award, which made his recent participation in the Sydney ANZAC Day March even more bittersweet.
Jul 6, 2020 · On 25.06.20, 94yo Veteran Len McLeod was awarded the 1939-1945 Star in belated recognition of his WW2 service with the Australian Army in New Guinea and US Army Small Ships Section. Len could very well be the last Australian serviceman to be issued this award.
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Apr 23, 2021 · It’s just before the Last Post Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, and 94-year-old Len McLeod is explaining how he used to lie on the floor of a C-47 Dakota, dropping essential supplies to Australian troops in New Guinea during the Second World War.
