Leslie Burton KING

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Service Numbers:	NX114042, N195992
Enlisted:	4 September 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia, 5 May 1923
Home Town:	Rylstone, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Certificate for entry to Secondary School
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Died of wounds, Papua, 29 December 1942, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 8. Row D. Grave 9. Inscription: "GOD TOOK OUR LOVED ONE FROM OUR HOME BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX114042, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
8 Dec 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N195992, General Details Depot, Enlisted for war service in the Australian Military Forces in Rylstone, New South Wales.
4 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX114042, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion

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