George Leslie William BOARDMAN

BOARDMAN, George Leslie William

Service Number: NX8393
Enlisted: 12 May 1941, Paddington, Sydney
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion
Born: Darlington, New South Wales, Australia, 21 September 1911
Home Town: Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Illness, Queensland, 31 December 1993, aged 82 years
Cemetery: Redland Bay Cemetery, Qld
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

12 May 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX8393, 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion, Paddington, Sydney
15 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Taken Prisoner of War by the Japanes & held in Thailand & Malaya
15 Jan 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX8393, 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

George Leslie William BOARMAN was born in Darlington, Sydney on 21st September, 1911

His parents were Leslie BOARDMAN & Jessie RANKIN who married in Sydney in 1907

He married Nellie May CORNALL in Sydney in 1938

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He was taken a Prisoner of War by the Japanese on 15th February, 1942 and held in Thailand & Malaya