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William Leggatt
Military Commander
1894 – 1968
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Who was William Leggatt?
Sir William Watt Leggatt, DSO, MC was an Australian soldier, lawyer and politician. He served as commanding officer of the 2/40th Battalion and later Sparrow Force during World War II, fighting in Timor against the Japanese invasion in 1942. He was captured by the Japanese and sent to Changi prison in Singapore. Following the war, he was based in Melbourne in charge of war crimes investigation until 1946. In 1948 he was elected to the Victorian parliament. He died in 1968 and was accorded a state funeral.
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- Born
- 1894
Malakula Island - Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Education
- University of Melbourne
- Lived in
- Melbourne
- Died
- Nov 27, 1968
Heidelberg
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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