Leigh Vial

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Flight Lieutenant Leigh Vial in 1942

Leigh Grant Vial DSC (28 February 1909 - 30 April 1943) was an Australian patrol officer and coastwatcher in Papua New Guinea during World War II. While a patrol officer he became the first white person to climb Mount Wilhelm the highest mountain in Papua New Guinea.

References

Vial, Leigh Grant (1909 - 1943) - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online

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Name	Vial, Leigh
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Short description	Australian explorer
Date of birth	28 February 1909
Place of birth
Date of death	30 April 1943
Place of death

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