Leslie Walter SARRE

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Service Number:	V197980
Enlisted:	22 April 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies
Born:	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 11 May 1908
Home Town:	Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Waiter/French polisher
Died:	Died of Illness, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 26 September 1942, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria FMP Location: RC R Grave 4161.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

22 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Private, V197980, Victoria
22 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V197980, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies
26 Sep 1942:	Involvement Private, V197980, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces
26 Sep 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V197980, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies, Died from illness.

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"SARRE.—V197,980, Pte. Leslie Walter Sarre, died in Heidelberg Hospital, September 26, 1942.

My lips cannot say how I miss you, Leslie;

my heart cannot find words to say.—Inserted by his loving sisters, Lily and Alice, W.A." - from the Melbourne Age 26 Sep 1945 (nla.gov.au)