GARLING, Leslie Chester Master
| Service Number: | 402333 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 25 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales Australia, 7 September 1920 |
| Home Town: | Double Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Accidental, Pearce RAAF Base, Pearce, Perth, Western Australia, 19 September 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia Grave reference H C 3 (part of Karrakatta Cemetery) |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall, Maryborough Staff Pilots No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School RAAF Honour Board |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Aug 1940: | Involvement Flying Officer, 402333 | |
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| 19 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Bathurst, New South Wales | |
| 19 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 402333 | |
| 19 Sep 1943: | Involvement Flying Officer, 402333, No. 25 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Leslie Chester Master GARLING was born on 7th September, 1920 in Sydney NSW
His parents were Henry Chester Master GARLING and Violette Beatrice HARPER
He enlisted on 19th August, 1940 with the Royal Australian Air Force - he was a Flying Officer in the 25 squadron
Leslie died in an air accident when over Pearce RAAF Base on a meteoroligcal flight when his aircraft dived in a low hill one mile east. The Crew. Pilot Leslie Garling and Navigator Frederick Cecil Smith were both killed - the Plane was a Vultee Vengeance (27-246) - he is buried in Perth War Cemetery & Annex which is part of Karrakatta Cemetery
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Kalgoorlie Miner (Western Australia)- 22nd September 1943
R.A.A.F. Plane crashes - two Airmen Killed Perth - when an aircraft crashed close to an RAAF airfield on Sunday two men were killed. The victims were Flying Officer Leslie Chester Master Garling of 16 Manning Road, Double Bay (NSW) Pilot, and Sergeant Frederick Cecil Smith of 34 Royal St. East Perth, Observer.
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