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MAINSBRIDGE, Leslie Walter Keith
Personal Details
| Service Number: | W1588 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Stoker 2/c |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Goorangai |
| Born: | East Prahran, , Victoria, Australia, 1920 |
| Home Town: | Sandringham, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Ship collision , Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia, 20 November 1940 |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia Methodist Plot. Row 53. Grave 31. (GRM/3). |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brighton War Memorial, Queenscliff HMAS Goorangai Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Stoker 2/c, W1588, HMAS Goorangai | |
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| 20 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Stoker 2/c, W1588, HMAS Goorangai |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Walter Norman and Ruby Ellen Mainsbridge, of Sandringham.
MAINSBRIDGE. — On November 20, as result of the sinking H.M.A.S. Goorangai, Wally, dearly beloved younger son of Ruby and Walter, of 4 McLaughlin-avenue, Sandringham, also loving brother of Norman (R.A.N.) and Joyce, also brother-in-law of Beryl, and loving uncle of little Shirley, also loves fiance Nancy Johnston, of Box Hill, aged 20 years 5 months.
He died for his country.
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