Leslie Mervyn STRANGE

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STRANGE, Leslie Mervyn

Service Numbers:	Q153960, Q153960,, QX56690
Enlisted:	7 September 1942
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lutwyche, Queensland, Australia, 10 June 1924
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21 November 1982, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

7 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, Q153960, Australian Artillery Training Depot
11 May 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, Q153960,, Australian Artillery Training Depot
12 May 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX56690
26 Aug 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX56690, 8th Movement Control Group, embarked Brisbane for Port Moresby
21 Jun 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX56690, 8th Movement Control Group, embarked Port Moresby for Townsville per Gorgon
27 Dec 1944:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion
19 Feb 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX56690, 52nd Infantry Battalion, embarked Brisbane for Jacquinot Bay per Katoomba
21 Feb 1946:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 52nd Infantry Battalion
20 Mar 1946:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 52nd Infantry Battalion
9 May 1946:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX56690, 52nd Infantry Battalion, embarked Rabaul for Sydney per Duntroon
27 Aug 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX56690

Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Leslie was the second of four children of Charles Strange (b1865 in Essex, England) and Elizabeth Mary Hearn (nee O'Keefe; b1884 in Innisfail, QLD). Charles immigrated in 1874 with his parents and siblings, arriving in Brisbane, QLD on board the Darling Downs. He worked as a Labourer in Beaudesert and Nambour and married Elizabeth in 1919 in Nambour QLD. Elizabeth was a Widow with seven surviving young children - her first husband George had served in WWI (Private; Service No:6261) and died from wounds in May 1919. Charles and Elizabeth moved with their family to Brisbane in 1921 and Charles worked as a Labourer.

Leslie was a Labourer when he enlisted in the Australian Army in 1943. He was a Corporal (Service Nos:QX56690/Q153960) attached to 10 Movement Control Group when he was Discharged in August 1946.

Returning to Brisbane, Leslie lived with his parents and worked as a Wool Scour Hand before marrying Joyce Elizabeth in the mid 1950s. Leslie and Joyce lived in Brisbane and Leslie worked as a Labourer and Truck Driver. He died in 1982.

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