NGX175 LIEUTENANT Leander Buxton GROVE

Date of Birth:  13 September 1915

Place of Birth: Crookwell NSW  

Next of Kin: Mr Arthur William Grove - Father

Enlistment Date: 4 April 1941

Unit: 47th Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces

Theatre of Service: New Guinea

Date of Death: 16 August 1943

Place of Death: near Cochran Beach, Tambu Bay New Guinea

Cause of Death: Killed in Action

Notes: Buried in Lae War Cemetery, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea