CAMM, Leslie Robert
| Service Number: | QX18900 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 December 1941, Mackay, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Mechanical Equipment Company/ies |
| Born: | Emerald, Queensland, Australia, 3 January 1920 |
| Home Town: | Bloomsbury, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Natural Causes, 15 March 2007, aged 87 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowoomba Garden of Remembrance | Cemetery & Crematorium |
| Memorials: | Bloomsbury Roll of Honour, Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Dec 1941: | Involvement QX18900 | |
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| 11 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX18900, Mechanical Equipment Company/ies, Mackay, Qld. | |
| 11 Jun 1945: | Discharged | |
| 11 Jun 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX18900 |
Leslie
Jonathan Camm & Tassie Johnson were married on 5 August, 1912, in Rockhampton where Jonathan was a cleaner in the railway. When promoted to fireman, they transffered to Emerald then back to Rockhampton. When Jonathan passed his examination as a second-class engine driver in 1925. He was transferred to Mackay.
During the depression, Jonathan started driving the rail motor between Bloomsbury & Mackay. In 1931, he bought the farm at Mikoolu for the boys (Jack & Ron) to work.
Les & Sybil were enrolled at Bloomsbury School in 1931, Daphne in 1933, Stan in 1935 & Nita in 1937.
Les took over the farm from Jack & Ron until the war years, when he joined the army.
Leslie married Avril Jeppersen on 12th December, 1945.
Their children were all enrolled at Bloomsbury School: David in 1952 & Janice in 1956.
The family sold their property in Bloomsbury & moved to Broadmeadows Station to run cattle. After the development of the mining industry in the areaa they moved to Dalby.
Submitted 29 May 2025 by Lyn Burke
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Jonathan Robert CAMM and Tassie CAMM nee JOHNSON
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