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LESLIE, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX30942 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa , 16 June 1901 |
| Home Town: | Birchip, Buloke, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 16 March 1945, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 24. Row A. Grave 10. Inscription: “NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER” |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Birchip War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX30942 | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX30942 | |
| 17 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Ambon, Captured and detained by the Japanese Occupation Force, at Tan Toey (Tantui) Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) Camp, Ambon Island. | |
| 16 Mar 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, Member of Gull Force, died on this date whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. Nature of death recorded as beri beri and malaria. |
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