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BETHUNE, Leslie Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX55207 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Field Regiment |
| Born: | Murtoa, Victoria, Australia, 23 February 1921 |
| Home Town: | Murtoa, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Murtoa State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 14 February 2002, aged 80 years |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Methodist Section / Family Plot. |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 7 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX55207, 2nd/11th Field Regiment | |
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| 16 May 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, 2nd Field Training Regiment RAA | |
| 27 Oct 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, 2nd/2nd Field Regiment, Taken on as reinforcement’s to Unit | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, 2nd/11th Field Regiment, Taken on Strength of Unit ex reinforcement’s. | |
| 19 Jul 1943: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Machine Gun Regiments AMF, Transferred to 19th MG Battalion for duty. | |
| 1 Jun 1944: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Australian Training Brigade (Jungle Warfare), Transfer to 2nd Australian Training Centre JW | |
| 3 Oct 1944: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 15 Mobile Laundry and Forward Decontamination Unit, Posted to 14th Laundry and Decontamination Unit | |
| 20 Mar 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2 Vehicle Park Workshop | |
| 29 Nov 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 1 Ordnance Field Park | |
| 13 Dec 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 3 Ordnance Vehicle Park | |
| 26 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX55207, 2nd/11th Field Regiment |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
WW2 Service// East of the Suez Canal Middle East from 22nd November 1941 to 27th March 1942
Northern Territory March 1943- March 1944
Canungra Queensland Jungle Training 1944
Queensland Line of Communication Units 1945-46.
Awards Defence Medal, War Medal & ASM 1939-45.