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PRATT, Leslie James
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX9465 |
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Enlisted: | 22 July 1940, Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Waikerie, South Australia, 1 May 1919 |
Home Town: | Black Forest, Unley, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Libya, 13 May 1941, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
22 Jul 1940: | Involvement Lieutenant, SX9465, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
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22 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
22 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, SX9465, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
30 Dec 1941: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Siege of Tobruk |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Jordan
Occupation at enlistment was Clerk.
Award Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) on 31 Mar 1942 (London Gazette)