age ~98
from Marquette, MI
1928 • Perth, Western Australia
Australian military personnel of World War II
Aged thirteen, he entered the Royal Australian Naval College in January 1942. Leach commanded the guided missile destroyers HMAS Hobart ( D 39 ) and HMAS Perth ( D 38 ) during the Vietnam War for which he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1969.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire • Companion of the Order of Australia
Military rank:Admiral • Commander • Lieutenant
David Andrew Leach (7 May 1911 - 15 February 2005) was an English studio potter and the eldest son of Bernard Leach and Muriel Hoyle Leach, Bernard's first ...