
LOVE, Leslie
Service Number: | QX7620 |
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Enlisted: | 30 May 1940 |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd/1st Motor Ambulance Convoy |
Born: | Irvinebank, Qld., 3 February 1910 |
Home Town: | Cairns, Cairns, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Gun shot wound (self inflicted), Qld., Australia, 12 June 1944, aged 34 years |
Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZ 7 77 8 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles William and Chrine Love; husband of Ruth Mav Love. of Cairns.
A SOLDIER'S DEATH
BRISBANE, August 6.— At the ln quest into the death of Leslie Love, Soldier (34), formerly of Cairns, who was found on a footpath at Holland Park on June 11, dying from a gun shot wound in the heart, it was stated police found a letter on him stating what, he had done was of his own free will. He had tried to make a success of his marriage, but his wife had proved unfaithful to him and had told him she loved an American. The hearing was adjourned to
Cairns.