Leslie Herbert (Les) MARR

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Service Numbers:	S39857, SX37018
Enlisted:	8 May 1941, Williamstown, South Australia
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	Royal Australian Engineers
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 21 March 1908
Home Town:	Williamstown (SA), Barossa, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Cerebral Thrombosis, New Guinea, 1 February 1946, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot NN. Row A. Grave 3. Personal Inscription ~ "NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Williamstown & District WW2 Honour Roll, Williamstown Uniting Church Stained Glass Windows

8 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S39857, Royal Australian Engineers, Williamstown, South Australia
8 Nov 1943:	Involvement Sapper, S39857
8 Nov 1943:	Involvement Sapper, SX37018
8 Nov 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX37018
8 Nov 1943:	Enlisted Keswick, SA
20 Jan 1946:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, Royal Australian Engineers, 47 PORT LANDING CRAFT COMPANY
Date unknown:	Involvement

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