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MILGATE, Leslie Vance
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX21513 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
| Born: | Balaclava, Victoria, Australia, 14 November 1900 |
| Home Town: | South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fishmonger |
| Died: | Illness, Burma, 13 July 1943, aged 42 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX21513 | |
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| 4 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX21513, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Val Stevens
Leslie was born in 1900, son of Frederick Milgate and Rhoda Phoebe Skilbeck.
He married Ruby May Coleman in 1923, they were divorced in 1936. Their only daughter Rita Milgate died in 1950.
He married Mavis Muriel Drury in 1940.