HISLOP, Leslie John
| Service Number: | WX5049 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Brunswick Junction, Western Australia, 2 June 1905 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hairdresser |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 8 May 1984, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 23 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX5049 | |
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| 28 Jun 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX5049 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Curly was the fifth of twelve children of Alfred Hislop (b1871 in Quindalup WA) and Alice Mary Harwood (b1875 in Quindalup WA). Alfred - a Railways Employee - and Alice married in 1896 in Quindlup WA. The family lived in Quindalup, Bunbury, Brunswick Junction, Fremantle and Perth.
A Hairdresser in Perth WA, Curly enlisted in Army in 1940 (Sapper; Service Nos:WX5049/W59010) and was attached to 7 Workshop and Park Coy RAE when he was Discharged in June 1945. Six of Curly's brothers served in WWI/WWII.
Curly returned to work as a Hairdresser in Fremantle following his Discharge, before moving to Perth where he lived with his brother Harry. Curly was a Railways Employee in the 1950s, and died in 1984.
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