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WREN, Leslie
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | VX13286, VX10185 |
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Enlisted: | 7 February 1940, South Melbourne, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 25 November 1910 |
Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Woodcutter |
Died: | Illness - Ulcers and Dysentry, Burma, 28 September 1943, aged 32 years |
Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Plot A16, Row F, Grave 13 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX13286 | |
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7 Feb 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX10185, Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, South Melbourne, Vic. | |
1 Apr 1940: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX10185 | |
26 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX13286, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion, Caulfield, Vic. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Edward Arthur Victor George Wren and Catherine nee Kempster.
HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED
Lived in Brunswick, Victoria but had previously lived in Meeniyan Victoria working as a farm labourer.
Died from Ulcers and Dysentry.
Survived by his father, step mother, sister Myrtle Spinner and brother William