DE VINE, Leslie
| Service Numbers: | 330, NX9819 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/6th Armoured Regiment |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 22 April 1886 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electrical Engineer |
| Died: | Illness, Australia, 8 February 1943, aged 56 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Sydney War Cemetery, New South Wales G A 6 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 330, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 330, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: Name incorrectly recorded on original record as Leslie Apear Devine | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 330, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 3 Jan 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 330, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 330, 4th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the scapula. | |
| 21 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 330, 4th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Craftsman, NX9819 | |
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| 4 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX9819, 2nd/6th Armoured Regiment |
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Enlisted and served in WWI under alias Apcar Leslie De Vine
Apcar Leslie De Vine was born in the Saint Helier parish of the island of Jersey on 22 April 1886. In 1909 he married Edith Lepine Gray in England. Prior to the First World War he served with the Royal Sussex Regiment of the British Army and was an electrical engineer by trade. He immigrated to Australia before the war. He enlisted at Randwick, New South Wales on 19 August 1914 and was assigned to the 4th Infantry Battalion. De Vine departed Sydney aboard HMAT Euripides on 20 October 1914.
De Vine served at Gallipoli and the Western Front with the 4th Battalion and was wounded several times during the conflict. During this period he was promoted through the ranks to corporal (1916), lance sergeant (1917), and finally sergeant (1918). Having served with the 4th Infantry Battalion for the duration of his service, De Vine returned to Australia on 16 June 1919.
De Vine later served with the Australian Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in the Second World War as NX9819 Craftsman Leslie De Vine. On 8 February 1943, and whilst a member of the 2/6th Armoured Regiment, Apcar Devine died due to illness and is buried at Sydney War Cemetery, Australia. - AWM - Biography
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