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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Robertson" data-source="post: 60098" data-attributes="member: 6852"><p> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Photo</td><td>[ATTACH=full]32092[/ATTACH]</td></tr><tr><td>Full Name</td><td><strong>Leonard Francis Disbray</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Nickname</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Number</td><td>320293</td></tr><tr><td>Rank</td><td>Trooper</td></tr><tr><td>Nationality</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Date of Birth</td><td>24.12.1922 Plumstead, London, UK</td></tr><tr><td>Date of Death</td><td>19.5.2004 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia (Aged 81)</td></tr><tr><td>Gravesite</td><td>Pinegrove Memorial Park, Minchinbury, N.S.W., Australia</td></tr><tr><td>Father</td><td>William James Henry Disbray served WW1 and was taken prisoner 23 Mar 1918, he was wounded, but initially reported K.I.A. London Regiment Regimental Number 631653 Unit 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich)</td></tr><tr><td>Mother</td><td>Rose Broomhead (died 1980s)</td></tr><tr><td>Enlisted</td><td>04.04.1938 Whitehall</td></tr><tr><td>Military</td><td>16/5th Lancers<br /> Trooper (320293)<br /> PPA 1944 (mt driver Blitz Patrol)<br /> RTUd December 1944<br /> discharged 13th October 1948</td></tr><tr><td>Married</td><td>1st wife - Sarah Walsh Reid (divorced before sailing to Australia)<br /> 2nd wife - Nola Ida Mary Wheeler (born 11.06.1930- died 18.12.2010)</td></tr><tr><td>Further Information</td><td>boot repairer in civilian life<br /> resided postwar 137 Ashmore Road, Paddington W9<br /> emigrated Australia 06.06.1951, arrived Brisbane 25.07.1951<br /> painter and docker at Garden Island (Sydney Harbour) painting naval vessels. (for 25 years until retirement)<br /> 9 children<br /> <br /> <em>‘a regular soldier in 1939-45 war days’ attached to Cavalry. Experienced in handling horses. Employed in painting since discharge but desires to get back among horses. Discharge sited. V.Good.’</em></td></tr></table><p></p><p><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/leonard-disbray.29407/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/29/29407-d537a900bad8cc70184458df7f9c82ac.jpg?1591434353" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/l-f-disbray-grave.33788/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33788-79c5a91eaf8c127a608bfcfa60b7280b.jpg?1598020898" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>Thanks to Debra Buchanan for further information (Father details, emigration dates + grave)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Craig Robertson, post: 60098, member: 6852"] [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Photo[/TD] [TD][ATTACH type="full" alt="29407-d537a900bad8cc70184458df7f9c82ac.png"]32092[/ATTACH][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Full Name[/TD] [TD][B]Leonard Francis Disbray[/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nickname[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Number[/TD] [TD]320293[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Rank[/TD] [TD]Trooper[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nationality[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Date of Birth[/TD] [TD]24.12.1922 Plumstead, London, UK[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Date of Death[/TD] [TD]19.5.2004 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia (Aged 81)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Gravesite[/TD] [TD]Pinegrove Memorial Park, Minchinbury, N.S.W., Australia[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Father[/TD] [TD]William James Henry Disbray served WW1 and was taken prisoner 23 Mar 1918, he was wounded, but initially reported K.I.A. London Regiment Regimental Number 631653 Unit 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Mother[/TD] [TD]Rose Broomhead (died 1980s)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enlisted[/TD] [TD]04.04.1938 Whitehall[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Military[/TD] [TD]16/5th Lancers Trooper (320293) PPA 1944 (mt driver Blitz Patrol) RTUd December 1944 discharged 13th October 1948[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Married[/TD] [TD]1st wife - Sarah Walsh Reid (divorced before sailing to Australia) 2nd wife - Nola Ida Mary Wheeler (born 11.06.1930- died 18.12.2010)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Further Information[/TD] [TD]boot repairer in civilian life resided postwar 137 Ashmore Road, Paddington W9 emigrated Australia 06.06.1951, arrived Brisbane 25.07.1951 painter and docker at Garden Island (Sydney Harbour) painting naval vessels. (for 25 years until retirement) 9 children [I]‘a regular soldier in 1939-45 war days’ attached to Cavalry. Experienced in handling horses. Employed in painting since discharge but desires to get back among horses. Discharge sited. V.Good.’[/I][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/leonard-disbray.29407/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/29/29407-d537a900bad8cc70184458df7f9c82ac.jpg?1591434353[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/l-f-disbray-grave.33788/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33788-79c5a91eaf8c127a608bfcfa60b7280b.jpg?1598020898[/IMG][/URL] Thanks to Debra Buchanan for further information (Father details, emigration dates + grave) [/QUOTE]
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