PRATTEN, Leslie Ernest
| Service Number: | QX13847 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia, 14 September 1915 |
| Home Town: | Kilcoy, Somerset, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Mt Kilcoy State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Kilcoy,Queensland, Australia, 14 May 1982, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Kilcoy Cemetery, Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia |
| Memorials: | Kilcoy Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 2 Jul 1940: | Involvement QX13847 | |
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| 2 Jul 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 2 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX13847 | |
| 4 Sep 1945: | Discharged | |
| 4 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX13847 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Leslie Ernest Pratten (Service No:QX13847) initially served in the Militia (Trooper; Service No:74877) with 2/14th Light Horse Regiment from 28 November 1936, before enlisting in the AIF on 2 July 1940. Private Pratten served with 9th Division in the Middle East (26 December 1940 - 3 March 1943) and with 2/153 Australian General Transport Coy (AGTC) in New Guinea (25 August 1943 - 26 August 1944). Private Pratten was attached to 2/7 Transport Platoon at Discharge on 4 September 1945.
Born in Kilcoy, QLD in 1915, Les was third of seven children of Ernest Theodore Pratten (b1875 in Samford, QLD) and Eliza Fredriksen (b1886 at 'Danwood Vale' via Kilcoy, QLD). Ernest was a Grazier/Dairy Farmer in 1909 when he and Eliza married in Kilcoy, where they settled and raised their family. Ernest was a Grazier/Dairy Farmer and, in the 1920s when Hancock & Gore Mill opened, he hauled timber from his property to the saw mill by bullock team.
Les worked as a Farm Hand in Kilcoy before enlisting in the Army. Following his Discharge, he returned to Kilcoy where, in 1946, he married Gladys Mary Thrupp (b1919 in Kilcoy, QLD). Les and Gladys settled at Sandy Creek via Kilcoy, where they raised their family and Les was a Farmer. Gladys died in 1966 and Les in 1982.
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