Leslie Mervyn (Les) ALDRIDGE

ALDRIDGE, Leslie Mervyn

Service Number: QX23476
Enlisted: 17 September 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion
Born: Taroom, Queensland, Australia, 15 August 1914
Home Town: Theodore, Banana, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station Hand
Died: Natural Causes, Tasmania, Australia, 25 February 2004, aged 89 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Tasmania (Hobart) Garden of Remembrance
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World War 2 Service

17 Sep 1941: Involvement QX23476
17 Sep 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX23476, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion
17 Sep 1941: Enlisted
16 Mar 1943: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX23476, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion, From Townsville to New Guinea; disembarked on 19 March 1943.
27 Sep 1943: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX23476, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion, From Port Moresby to Cairns; disembarked 30 September 1943.
1 Dec 1944: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX23476, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion, From Cairns to Aitape, New Guinea; disembarked on 7 December 1944.
26 Oct 1945: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX23476, 67 Australian Infantry Battalion, From Wewak to Morotai, New Guinea; disembarked on 29 October 1945.
28 Dec 1945: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX23476, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion, From Morotai to Brisbane; disembarked on 4 January 1946.
23 Jan 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX23476, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion
23 Jan 1946: Discharged

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of William George ALDRIDGE, Theodore, Qld.