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WEMBRIDGE, William Leslie
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX17559 |
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Enlisted: | 29 February 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Belgrave, Victoria, Australia, 29 October 1916 |
Home Town: | Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria |
Schooling: | Notre Dame de Sion Convent, Warragul, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Grocers assistant |
Died: | Killed in Action, Libya, 6 January 1941, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Sollum, Egypt Plot XVII, Row B, Grave 7. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jindivick War Memorial , Warragul War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX17559 | |
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29 Feb 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX17559, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Private William Leslie Wembridge was 25 years of age and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wembridge, farmers, of Warragul, Victoria. Born at Belgrave, he was educated at Notre Dame de Sion Convent, Warragul. Prior to enlistment he was a grocer's assistant at Jindivick, and a prominent footballer in that district.