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    Leonard George Siffleet (14 January 1916 – 24 October 1943) was an Australian commando of World War II. Born in Gunnedah, New South Wales, he joined the...
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  • with Operation Locust, and resulted in the capture and execution of Leonard Siffleet in October 1943, producing one of the most famous photographs of the...
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    Sgt. Leonard Siffleet, an Australian POW captured in New Guinea, about to be beheaded by a Japanese soldier with a shin guntō sword, 1943...
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    Unit was Sergeant Leonard Siffleet, who was executed after being taken prisoner during Operation Whiting in 1943. A photograph of Siffleet in his last moments...
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    depicting Cabanatuan prison camp, produced in 1946 Australian POW Leonard Siffleet captured at New Guinea moments before his execution with a Japanese...
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    Turner – rugby league player James Wynne – rugby league player Sergeant Leonard Siffleet – WWII Commando Harry Wilson - Rugby Union player, Queensland Reds...
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    remote post for Naval Base Hollandia. Australian intelligence soldier Leonard Siffleet was beheaded by the Japanese on Aitape beach on 24 October 1943. In...
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    Sergeant Leonard Siffleet of M Special Unit being beheaded on Kamada's orders on 24 October 1943...
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    An Australian POW, Sgt. Leonard Siffleet, captured in New Guinea, about to be beheaded by a Japanese officer with a guntō, 1943...
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    Australian Air Force pilot beheaded in Papua New Guinea by Japanese forces Leonard Siffleet (1943) – Australian WWII commando, captured by partisan tribesmen,...
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