Leslie Gordon FRENCH

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Service Numbers:	NX155781, N436632
Enlisted:	20 September 1943, In the Field, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	26 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Granville, New South Wales, Australia, 2 February 1924
Home Town:	Rydalmere, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman & Packer
Died:	Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 5 June 1945, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 4. Row D. Grave 16. Inscription: "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rabaul Chapel 26th Infantry Battalion Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lance Corporal, NX155781
24 Sep 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N436632, 32nd Infantry Training Battalion, Enlisted for war service in the Australian Military Forces.
20 Sep 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX155781, 26 Infantry Battalion AMF, In the Field, NSW

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Son of James Hooper French and Esther Selina French, of Rydalmere, New South Wales.

FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH