Leslie (Jake) BLACKMAN

BLACKMAN, Leslie

Service Number: VX51150
Enlisted: 12 March 1941
Last Rank: Bombardier
Last Unit: 2nd/12th Field Regiment
Born: Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 18 August 1914
Home Town: Stawell, Northern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia, 8 February 2000, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Buried in the public area, currently no headstone or memorial
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World War 2 Service

12 Mar 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Bombardier, VX51150
28 Jun 1941: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , VX51150, 2nd/12th Field Regiment
25 Jul 1941: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, VX51150, 2nd/12th Field Regiment, Palestine Tobruk El-Alamein (1&2) Lebanon/Syria
6 Mar 1943: Embarked VX51150, 2nd/12th Field Regiment, Embarked L8 Disembarked Sydney
6 Mar 1943: Embarked VX51150, 2nd/12th Field Regiment, Embarked L8 Disembarked Sydney
6 Mar 1943: Embarked VX51150, 2nd/12th Field Regiment, Embarked L8 Disembarked Sydney
3 Aug 1943: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , VX51150, 2nd/12th Field Regiment
6 Aug 1943: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , VX51150, 2nd/12th Field Regiment, Milne Bay - Papua New Guinea WW2
23 Jan 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Bombardier, VX51150

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