KIDD, Leslie
| Service Number: | 414698 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 November 1941, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 156 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 20 October 1916 |
| Home Town: | Rosewood, Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sawyer |
| Died: | Flying Battle, France, 8 August 1944, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bolbec Communal Cemetery Mil. Plot. Row 1. Coll. grave 1-6. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goomeri & District Honour Roll WW2 and Other Conflicts, Goomeri Hall of Memory, Goomeri Memorial Clock Tower, Gympie WW2, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 414698 | |
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| 8 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 414698, No. 156 Squadron (RAF), Brisbane, Qld. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James Edward and Ellen Kidd; husband of Margaret Ann McNair Kidd, of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. EVER REMEMBERED
SEVEN flyers were buried at Bobbes, in the north of France, when an R.A.F. bomber crashed there on the night of August 7 last. From a report by the local police chief it is believed that Flying-Officer Leslie Kidd (son of Mr. J. E. Kidd, or the Glastonbury district, Queensland), was one of these men, as he was captain of the crashed aircraft. Mr. Kidd, senior, has been officially advised to this effect. Previously Flying-Officer Kidd had been reported missing in air operations.
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