INKPEN, Leo George John

Service Number –   WX 5678.

Rank –   Lieutenant.

Unit / Division –   2/16  Australian  Infantry  Battalion.

Enlistment Date –   22  June  1940.

Date  of  Birth-  13  August  1919.

Place  of  Birth-  Subiaco,  W. A.

Address on Enlistment –   Bridgetown,  W. A.

Next of Kin on Enlistment –   Father-  Frank  Julius  Inkpen,  Mother-  Grace  Eleanor  Inkpen,  both  of  Bunbury,  W. A.

KIA / Mortally Wounded –

Date –   8  December  1942.

Place –   Port  Moresby,  Papua  New  Guinea.

Age at Death –   23.

Burial Location / Commemoration Details –   Port  Moresby  (  Bomana  )  War  Cemetery,  Papua  New  Guinea  (  Plot  C6,  Row  A,  Grave  No.  24  ).