Leslie Lloyd GILES

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GILES, Leslie Lloyd

Service Numbers:	S9985, 417633
Enlisted:	1 May 1941, Unley, SA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale
Born:	Minlaton, South Australia, Australia, 23 June 1921
Home Town:	Kapunda, Light, South Australia
Schooling:	Kapunda High School
Occupation:	Stock Clerk
Died:	Accidental, East Sale, Victoria, Australia, 13 September 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Sale War Cemetery, Victoria Plot B. Row A. Grave 16.
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Royal Australian Air Force Memorial, Kapunda District Honour Board, Kapunda Dutton Park Saving Airman Giles Memorial, Kapunda and District Fallen Soldiers Monument

World War 2 Service

1 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Trooper, S9985, Unley, SA
20 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 417633, No. 1 Operational Training Unit (RAAF) Nhill, Bairnsdale, East Sale, Adelaide, SA

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Claude Roy Giles and Mary Euphemia Giles, of Kapunda, South Australia

MELBOURNE, Tues.— Flight Lieut. Reeve, 28, of Geelong, and Sergt. Leslie Lloyd Giles, 22, of Kapunda, South Australia, were killed yesterday when their plane crashed into a swamp during a training flight.

Northern people will learn with regret of the death of Flt.Sgt. Leslie Lloyd Giles, late of Kapunda, as a result of an aircraft accident in Australia recently. This young airman lived at jamestown for some time, he was onthe staff of Messrs. Dalgety & Co. Ltd.

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