William Leggatt (original) (raw)

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Sir William Watt Leggatt DSO, MC, ED (23 December 1894 – 27 November 1968) was an Australian soldier, lawyer and politician. He served as commanding officer of the 2/40th Battalion and later Sparrow Force during the Second World War, fighting in Timor against the Japanese invasion in 1942. He was captured by the Japanese and sent to Changi Prison in Singapore. Following the war, he was based in Melbourne in charge of war crimes investigation until 1946. In 1948 he was elected to the Victorian parliament. He died in 1968 and was accorded a state funeral. (en)
William Watt Leggatt foi um Comandante, tenente-coronel, das forças ocupantes australianas que ocuparam o território português de Timor português entre 17 de dezembro de 1941 e 1942, tendo sido antecedido pelo governador português Manuel de Abreu Ferreira de Carvalho e governado simultaneamente com Nico Leonard Willem van Straten, a partir de quando se deu a ocupação holandesa. Em fevereiro de 1942 esteve detido pelas forças de ocupação nipónicas, tendo em 26 de junho de 1942 ido para a prisão , no qual permaneceu até ao fim da guerra. (pt)

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Australia (en)

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Victorian Legislative (en)

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Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia (en)

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Sir William Leggatt (en)

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Australian (en)

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Barrister and solicitor (en)

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Dorothy Meares Andrews (en)

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Sir William Watt Leggatt DSO, MC, ED (23 December 1894 – 27 November 1968) was an Australian soldier, lawyer and politician. He served as commanding officer of the 2/40th Battalion and later Sparrow Force during the Second World War, fighting in Timor against the Japanese invasion in 1942. He was captured by the Japanese and sent to Changi Prison in Singapore. Following the war, he was based in Melbourne in charge of war crimes investigation until 1946. In 1948 he was elected to the Victorian parliament. He died in 1968 and was accorded a state funeral. (en)
William Watt Leggatt foi um Comandante, tenente-coronel, das forças ocupantes australianas que ocuparam o território português de Timor português entre 17 de dezembro de 1941 e 1942, tendo sido antecedido pelo governador português Manuel de Abreu Ferreira de Carvalho e governado simultaneamente com Nico Leonard Willem van Straten, a partir de quando se deu a ocupação holandesa. Em fevereiro de 1942 esteve detido pelas forças de ocupação nipónicas, tendo em 26 de junho de 1942 ido para a prisão , no qual permaneceu até ao fim da guerra. (pt)

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