Gunner

Leonard Anthony Fleete

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Percy Lonsdale Fleete and Mary Josephine Fleete; husband of L. E. Fleete, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES
CONTRIBUTED

Public Contributions:

I read that Lenny died as a passenger in an army truck that left the road and crashed while taking part in the advance on Florence.

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Casualty

Service Number: 
293497
Name:
Leonard Anthony Fleete
Rank: 
Gunner
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs LE Fleete (wife), 12 Donegal St, Belfast, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
69 Queensbury Street, Burwood, Christchurch, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Fibrous plasterer
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Artillery, 14 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Not known
Date of Death:
23 July 1944
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
24
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
VIII. C. 9.
Cemetery Location: 
Italy
Leonard Anthony Fleete
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