Leslie Sydney NUNN

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NUNN, Leslie Sydney

Service Number:	76982
Enlisted:	22 July 1942
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Radar Stations (RAAF)
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 22 December 1915
Home Town:	Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bread Carter
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 27 June 1971, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Toorbul & Donnybrook War Memorial

World War 2 Service

22 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 76982, Radar Stations (RAAF)
1 Feb 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No 4 Squadron
18 Mar 1943:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 23 Squadron (RAAF)
4 May 1945:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, Radar Stations (RAAF), No 333 Radar Station
7 Sep 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 76982, Radar Stations (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Leslie was the eldest of four children of Norman Edward Nunn (b1895 in Ipswich, QLD) and Essie Penman Murphy (b1897 in Ipswich, QLD). Norman - a Miner - and Essie married in 1915 in Ipswich, QLD where they settled and raised their family.

Leslie was working as a Fruiterer in Ipswich in 1936 when he married Mavis Anne Beatrice Kruger (b1917 in Ipswich, QLD). Leslie and Mavis settled in Ipswich, where Leslie was a Bread Carter when he enlisted in the RAAF in July 1942. He served as an Aircaftman I (Service No:76982) and Leading Aircraftman with No 4 Squadron and No 23 Squadron, and was attached to No 333 Radar Station when he was Discharged in September 1945. Brother-in-Law William Francis Greisbach (Private; Service No:QX7033) also served in WWI and was a German PoW.

Following his Discharge, Leslie and Mavis lived in Ipswich, Sandgate and Inala where Leslie was a Storekeeper and Shop Assistant. Leslie died in 1971.

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