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ERWIN, Leslie Richard

Other Name:	IRWIN, Richard George - WWII Service Record - Alias
Service Number:	NX2140
Enlisted:	28 April 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 4 July 1909
Home Town:	Potts Point, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Illness, Borneo, 2 June 1945, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX2140
28 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX2140, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX2140, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Gary Hockley

(served as IRWIN), Son of Ernest Albert and Edith Eleanor Erwin, of Ashfield, New South Wales.