DAWES, Leslie Albert John
| Service Number: | SX538 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 17 October 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Port Augusta, South Australia, 27 March 1912 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sign writer |
| Died: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia , 7 October 1977, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Broken Hill Cemetery, New South Wales Plot- Methodist, M2, Row 25, Plot 4 Memorial ID 161899104 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Oct 1939: | Involvement Private, SX538 | |
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| 17 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Broken Hill, NSW | |
| 17 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX538 | |
| 16 Feb 1944: | Discharged | |
| 16 Feb 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX538 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sally Jelbert
Leslie "Doc" Dawes was born in 1912 in Port Augusta SA and was the son of Albert Dawes and Bertha Grocke.
He grew up in Manna Hills, South Australia but then moved to Broken Hill, NSW where he spent most of his life.
"Doc" as he was known, was a signwriter by trade. He enlisted in the Australian Army in WWII was one of the "Rats of Tobruk". Several of the murals he did painted in Tobruk are in books about the Siege of Tobruk.
"Doc" was a life member of the Broken Hill Musicians Club, a member of the Barrier Industrial Union Band and a life member of the Broken Hill RSL.
Before retiring he was employed as a sign writer at the Zinc Corporation, Broken Hill.
He never married.
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