Leslie WRIGHT

WRIGHT, Leslie

Service Numbers: TX12872, TX12872 (T28190)
Enlisted: 7 August 1942, Enlisted In The Field
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born: Devonport, Tasmania, Australia , 5 September 1922
Home Town: Devonport, Devonport, Tasmania
Died: Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 6 February 1945, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Plot A4, Row D, Grave 10
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 31/51 Australian Infantry Battalion (AIF) Roll of Honour, Burnie Other Wars Memorial, Cairns - 31/51 Australian Infantry Battalion, Devonport WW2 and Korean Wars Supreme Sacrifice Memorial

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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, TX12872
7 Aug 1942: Enlisted Private, TX12872 (T28190), Enlisted In The Field
7 Aug 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX12872, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF

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