Leslie Richard JOPE

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Service Number:	400434
Enlisted:	2 September 1940
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 2 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Surrey Hills Victoria Australia , 1918
Home Town:	Surrey Hills, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, New Guinea, 3 April 1943
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 3. Row C. Collective Grave 11-15.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour

2 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 400434
2 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 400434
11 Mar 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 400434, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF), Australia's Northern Periphery
3 Apr 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45, On this date Hudson A16-169 was shot down by ground fire in air operations over Timoeka, New Guinea. All five crew members were killed.

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