DAVIES, Leslie Bowman
| Service Number: | 47497 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 5 February 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill |
| Born: | Lameroo, SA, 9 August 1922 |
| Home Town: | Lameroo, Southern Mallee, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Farming Accident, On his farm, Kangaroo Island, 10 December 1960, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kingscote Cemetery (Kangaroo Island), S.A. |
| Memorials: | Parndana Kangaroo Island Ex-Servicemen Land Settlers 1939-1945 Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Feb 1942: | Involvement 47497 | |
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| 5 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 47497, No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill, Adelaide, SA | |
| 5 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 47497 | |
| 9 Jan 1946: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Joanne Overton
Les enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on the 5/2/1942 at Lameroo; his enlistment number was 47497; his next-of-kin was his father Alfred Davies. He was discharged on the 9/1/1946 with the rank of Leading Aircraftman with the 5th Operational Training Unit.
Les married Gladys Christina Whiley
Les applied to the Soldier Settlement Scheme and was allocated land at Section 95, Hundred of Newland, Kangaroo Island.
Les and Gladys had 6 children - John, Shirley, Christina, Kathleen, Margaret & Stanley
Les died at the Hundred of Newland Kangaroo Island in an accident on their farm
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Alfred Stanley DAVIES and Ruby Gertrude nee BOWMAN, Lameroo, SA
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