Leslie Ronald BAXTER

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Service Number:	NX93133
Enlisted:	20 March 1942, Paddington, New South Wales.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kockibitoo, New South Wales, Australia , 2 March 1923
Home Town:	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 21 January 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot E. Row C. Grave 9. Personal Inscription ~ "HE WASN'T MADE TO BE A SOLDIER BUT HE WAS ONE JUST THE SAME".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wagga Wagga Cenotaph

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX93133
20 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX93133, 9th Training Battalion, Paddington, New South Wales.
8 Jan 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion

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