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HEBBURN

Whibley, L.G., Sgt., 1942

Photo: Dorothy Hall

In Hebburn Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave with a private headstone of 407565 Sergeant Leonard Garth Whibley serving with the Royal Australian Air Force who died 13/02/1942.

Son of Leslie Norman and Muriel Louise Whibley of Henley Beach, South Australia.

The headstone reads:-

In Remembrance
Elizabeth Buchanan Culling
1878-1907
John Arthur her son
1907-1908
Sgt. Leonard Garth Whibley
Royal Australian Air Force
1918 In action 12th February 1942

Per ardua ad astra

Leonard Garth Whibley is not remembered on a local War Memorial.

He is remembered in a RAF Book of Remembrance


The CWGC entry for Sergeant Whibley

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk