MORSHEAD, Leslie Ernest
| Service Number: | 413004 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia, 9 July 1921 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Accidental, Sawbridgeworth Aerodrome, Essex, United Kingdom, 3 June 1943, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
St Andrew's Churchyard, North Weald Bassett, Essex, England Row 3 Grave 5 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 413004 | |
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| 15 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 413004 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Flight Sergeant Morshead was 21 and the son of George Thackeray Morshead and Catherine Morshead, of New Lambton, New South Wales. Australia.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Leslie trained as a carpenter being enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War on 15th August 1941. He was a senior non-commissioned officer in No.124 Squadron, Royal Air Force. He was killed in a flying accident on 3rd June 1943 in Essex, England [death registered in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire,] and is buried in St Andrew's churchyard, North Weald Bassett, Essex. Leslie’s name is located on the Roll of Honour at Newcastle, New South Wales, and at panel 127 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
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