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Name	David Willoughby Leach
Born	17 July, 1928 Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died	19 January, 2020 (aged 91) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Education *	Royal Australian Naval College (student, 1942-1945)
Occupation or Descriptor *	navy officer (1945-1985) Federal, Australia navy chief-of-staff (1982-1985) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	Vietnam War (navy officer)
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1969) Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (recipient, 1970)
Key Events *	Royal Tour, 1970 (organiser)
Key Organisations *	Australian War Memorial (council member) Administrative Appeals Tribunal (federal) (member, 1985)
Workplaces *	Woollahra Municipal Council (Sydney) (alderman) Woollahra Municipal Council (Sydney) (mayor, 1995)

* Dates are approximate

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