Leslie George REID

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Service Numbers:	VX60680, VX68591
Enlisted:	30 July 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Pyramid Hill, Victoria, Australia, 17 February 1922
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, Papua, 7 December 1942, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 6. Row B. Grave 1. Inscription: "A BRAVE AUSTRALIAN WHO DIED IN DEFENCE OF HOME AND COUNTRY".
Memorials:

30 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX60680
30 Jul 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX68591, 6th Training Battalion (AIF), Enlisted under the name of Arthur Reid.
8 Dec 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX60680, 6th Training Battalion (AIF), Went AWOL later established that VX60680 Arthur Reid was identical to VX68591 Leslie George Reid. Record for VX60680 closed on 16 March 1943.
17 Dec 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX68591, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF, Killed in action Papua.
16 Mar 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX60680

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