Leslie Douglas (Les) MELBIN

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Service Number:	WX5473
Enlisted:	30 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Northam, Western Australia, Australia, 27 October 1902
Home Town:	Victoria Park, Victoria Park, Western Australia
Schooling:	Jennapullin, Western Australia
Occupation:	Labourer, AFL Footballer
Died:	Killed in Action, Egypt, 27 July 1942, aged 39 years
Cemetery:	El Alamein War Cemetery El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Egypt A. II. E. 16.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Victoria Park RSL Cenotaph

30 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX5473, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion

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