Leslie Roy SMITHSON

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Service Number:	VX73078
Enlisted:	23 January 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 September 1910
Home Town:	Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 28 June 1945, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot TT. Row B. Grave 4. Personal Inscription ~ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE”.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX73078
23 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX73078
10 Feb 1945:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion

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