Collection related to the service of Leonard Harold William Andrew

Major Leonard Harold William Andrew standing next to a 38th parallel sign at the boarder of North and South Korea.

Leonard Harold William Andrew enlisted in the Second AIF on 11 April 1944, soon after his 18th birthday. He served in the Pacific Theatre before being posted to Japan with 66th Australian Infantry Battalion as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. In Japan, the then Sergeant (Sgt) L H Andrew, was a member of the Provost Combined Rugby League Team. The team went on to become the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) premiers in April 1950. In Japan, he also met his wife, Tomiko, a Hiroshima survivor. Andrew then served during the Korean War with the Australian Ancillary Unit as a warrant officer class 1.

Also seeing service in Papua New Guinea Andrew joined the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police and commissioned to lieutenant in the mid-1960s. Andrew completed his career with the rank of major as Deputy Assistant Provost Marshall, 3 Military District. He was discharged on 1 April 1981.