Leslie HAFFENDEN

HAFFENDEN, Leslie

Service Number: QX31366
Enlisted: 11 April 1942, Brisbane
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 61 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born: London, England, 2 March 1904
Home Town: East Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Storeman
Died: Illness, Southport, Queensland, 11 October 1995, aged 91 years
Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Section 6, Niche No. 171, Double Niche Wall 25
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World War 2 Service

11 Apr 1942: Involvement Sapper, QX31366
11 Apr 1942: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), QX31366, Brisbane
11 Apr 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX31366, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF
9 Nov 1944: Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Sapper, QX31366, 61st Infantry Battalion
9 Nov 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX31366, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Leslie HAFFENDEN was born on 2nd March, 1904 in London, England

His parents were William Henry HAFFENDEN and Phoebe Alice TURNER who married in Camberwell, UK in 1893

The family came to Queensland in 1911 & 1912 - Leslie arrived with his Mother Phoebe & some siblings in December, 1912 on the ship Marathon & his father William & two other brothers, William & Frank had previously arrived in Brisbane on 27th November, 1911 on the ship Otranto

On 3rd December, 1927 Leslie married Gladys BURKINS at St Pauls Church of England in East Brisbane

Leslie was living in East Brisbane & enlisted on 11th April, 1942 to serve in WW2

His last rank was a Sapper in the 61st Australian Infantry Battalion & he was discharged from the Army on 9th November, 1944

He died on 11th October, 1995, late of Leamington Nursing Home in Southport, Queensland and was cremated at the Mt Thompson Memorial Gardens

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Four of his brothers also served as follows:

1. Frank HAFFENDEN (SN128) died of wounds in 1915 in WW1

2. Wilfred John HAFFENDEN (SN383) died of illness in 1916 in WW1

3. William Henry HAFFENDEN (SN302) returned to Australia in 1915

4.  Stanley Jack HAFFENDEN (SN50641) served WW1 and returned in      1919 and also served in WW2 (SN401493)- discharged 1944

 

 

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