Leslie William SMITH

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Service Number:	VX37810
Enlisted:	19 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia , 21 November 1911
Home Town:	Sorrento, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fisherman
Died:	Killed in Action, Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, 23 January 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot A. Row A. Grave 7. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX37810
19 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX37810, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion

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