Leslie James DILLON

DILLON, Leslie James

Service Number: SX5551
Enlisted: 17 June 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Tee-Tree Gully, South Australia, 2 December 1916
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Libya, 9 July 1941, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Karoonda Oval Memorial Gates, Karoonda Roll of Honor, Tea Tree Gully War Memorial Arch Gates, Wynarka WWII Honour Roll
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World War 2 Service

17 Jun 1940: Involvement Private, SX5551, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
17 Jun 1940: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
17 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX5551, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Involvement

Leslie James DILLON

The Advertiser, Fri 3 July 1942.
HEROES OF THE EMPIRE;
DILLON.—In loving memory of my pal, Leslie J. Dillon, killed in action Tobruk, July 9, 1941. Too true a pal to forget.—inserted by Bruce Garrett, A.I.F. (returned). of Warooka SA.


The Advertiser, Fri 9 July 1943.
HEROES OF THE EMPIRE;
DILLON.—A silent tribute to the memory of my truest pal Leslie J. Dillon, killed in action. Tobruk. July 9 1941.
You sought no glory. Les but unselfishly gave your all.—Always remembered by
Bruce Garrett. AXF. (ret.). of Warooka SA.

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