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Australian Army Salvage Service
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A.I.F. 8 Div. Salvage Unit
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Japanese POW
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Survived/Died:
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Place of Death:
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Rakuyo Maru - Sunk off East Hainan Island, Lat 18.0 N Lon 114.0E.
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Loved Ones
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Son of Albert Bernhardt Leschke and Alice Winifred Leschke; husband of Annie Leschke, of Croydon, South Australia.
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Memorial
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Torpedoed and sunk on 12/09/1944 by US submarine Sealion off East Hainan island at around 5:00am. 1159 were lost.
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