Leslie WREN

WREN, Leslie

Service Numbers: VX13286, VX10185
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, VX13286
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.

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Biography 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