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MACLARN, Leslie Cecil
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX12228 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 9 April 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wellington, New Zealand, 5 July 1911 |
| Home Town: | Vaucluse, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 6 November 1971, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 9 Apr 1940: | Enlisted NX12228 | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, NX12228, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Apr 1941: | Involvement Lieutenant, NX12228, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk | |
| 30 Dec 1941: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Siege of Tobruk, London Gazette 30 December 1941 on page 7359 at position 58 | |
| 16 Apr 1942: | Honoured Military Cross, Siege of Tobruk, Leadership, dash & exceptional coolness for five months. | |
| 26 Sep 1942: | Involvement Captain, NX12228, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein | |
| 14 Aug 1943: | Involvement Captain, NX12228, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns | |
| 26 Oct 1944: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, For Exceptional services in the field in NEW GUINEA. | |
| 23 Jun 1945: | Involvement Major, NX12228, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945 | |
| 4 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, NX12228, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Jan 1946: | Discharged Major, NX12228, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Major, NX12228, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion |
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2/17 Bn Campaigns - Tobruk, El Alamein, Huon Peninsula, Borneo
Awarded Military Cross.
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