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JENNINGS, Leslie Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX24113 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 June 1940, Enlisted at Caulfield |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 21 February 1901 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Presumed Killed, Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, 23 January 1942, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Rabaul War Memorial, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Panel 23 Roll of Honour - Geelong |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rabaul Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX24113 | |
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| 8 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX24113, Enlisted at Caulfield | |
| 8 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX24113, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Apr 1941: | Embarked Private, VX24113, Embarked for Rabaul, New Guinea |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Peter Ernest John and Emma Maude Jennings; husband of Florence May Jennings of Geelong, Victoria
6 June 1940 - his Attestation Paper gave his marital status as 'Widower'
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