BENTLEY, Leslie William Morgan
| Service Numbers: | QX42004, Q14357 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Mobile Entertainment Section |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 19 September 1914 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bus Driver |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 10 September 1977, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, QX42004, also Q14357 - FTD 10/3/1941? | |
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| 10 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX42004 | |
| 17 Mar 1941: | Involvement Corporal, Q14357, FTD 10/3/1941? - QX42004 | |
| 17 Mar 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 9 Sep 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, Q14357, 16 Field Company RAE AMF | |
| 10 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX42004, 2nd Mobile Entertainment Section | |
| 30 Oct 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX42004, ex Sydney to Lae per Marella with 12 Entertainment Unit | |
| 2 May 1946: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX42004, ex Rabaul to Brisbane per Westralia | |
| 22 May 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX42004 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Leslie was the eldest of three children of William Henry Bentley (b1889 in Gympie, QLD) and Gwendoline Annie Morgan (b1894 in Gympie, QLD). William - a Miner - and Gwendoline married in 1913 in Gympie QLD. In the early 1920s they relocated with their children to Brisbane where William worked as a Labourer until his death in 1938. Gwendoline remarried in 1939.
Leslie was working as a Bus Driver when he enlisted in the Australian Army in March 1941. He was a Corporal (Service Nos:QX42004/Q14357) attached to Australian Entertainment Unit when he was Discharged in May 1946. Brother Ivor Henry (Lance Corporal; Service Nos:QX41492/Q151163) also served in WWII.
Leslie was in Singleton, NSW in 1949 where he worked as a Motor Coach Driver before returning to Brisbane in the early 1950s and working as a Bus Driver. In 1955 he married Elizabeth Eccles (b1920 in Brisbane, QLD) and they settled in Wavell Heights in Brisbane where Leslie worked as an Assistant. Leslie and Elizabeth both died in 1977.
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