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LEWIS, Leslie Kitchener
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | VX147246, V197369 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 October 1943, In the field, New Guinea. |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Searchlight Batteries /Companies |
| Born: | Collingwood, Victoria, Australia , 4 May 1915 |
| Home Town: | Abbotsford, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Presser (Clothing) |
| Died: | Illness, New Guinea, 4 May 1944, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 6. Row E. Grave 27. Inscription: "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE ALWAYS IN MY HEART". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX147246 | |
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| 9 Mar 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V197369, General Details Depot, Enlisted for war service in the Australian Military Forces in Melbourne, Victoria. | |
| 31 Oct 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, VX147246, Searchlight Batteries /Companies, In the field, New Guinea. | |
| 4 May 1944: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, VX147246, Searchlight Batteries /Companies, Died from scrub typhus at 2nd/11th Australian General Hospital, New Guinea. |
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