William Leggatt
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| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Mornington | |
| In office 8 November 1947 – 3 February 1956 | |
| Preceded by | Alfred Kirton |
| Succeeded by | Roberts Dunstan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 December 1894 Liberal and Country Party |
| Spouse |
Dorothy Meares Andrews
(m. 1926) |
Mentioned in Despatches (2) | |
Sir William Watt Leggatt, 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.
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