TILNEY, Leslie Edgecliffe
| Service Number: | NX3856 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 October 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 2 April 1901 |
| Home Town: | Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Traveller |
| Died: | Illness, Germany, 5 February 1944, aged 42 years |
| Cemetery: |
Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany Section 4, Row B, Plot 11 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant, NX3856 | |
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| 20 Oct 1939: | Enlisted NX3856, Paddington, Sydney NSW | |
| 20 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX3856 | |
| 5 Feb 1944: | Involvement NX3856, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion, "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Leslie Edgecliffe TILNEY was born on 2nd April, 1901 in Woollahra, Sydney - he stated on his war record he was born in 1907
His parents were Leslie Edward TILNEY & Cordelia Beatrice Lurline WORNER
He first married Marie MORRIS in 1928 in Victoria, 2nd marriage to Queenie Constance BINNEY in 1931 in Western Australia & 3rd marriage to Janet Elizabeth RATTRAY in 1940 in Sydney
Leslie enlisted in Paddington, Sydney on 20th October, 1939 in the Australian Army - his last rank was Lieutenant in the 16th Australian Infantry Brigade (HQ), he was in the 2nd/1st Australian Infantry
He was a German Prisoner of War after being captured defending the island of Crete against the German land & airborne invasion
He died as a Prisoner of War on 5th February, 1944 of illness & is buried in the Durnbach War Cemetery in Germany - his name is also memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Australian Ex Prisoners of War Memorial in Ballarat & the Roll of Honour in Sydney
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His father Leslie Edward TILNEY was a Lieutenant/Colonel who served in both the Boer War and World War 1 - he was awarded a Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and a Volunteer Decoration (VD) & was with the 13th & 16th Infantry & 32st Infantry Battalions (Colonial Auxiliary Forces WW1)
He served in the Boer War as a Lieutenant with the 5th Autralian Commonwealth Horse, A Squadron
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