Leslie Reginald ANDREWS

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ANDREWS, Leslie Reginald

Service Numbers:	Q124604, QX35407,, QX35407
Enlisted:	2 February 1942
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 11 November 1900
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Central Technical College, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic - Workshop Foreman
Died:	Caloundra, Queensland, Australia, 4 October 1981, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Caloundra Cemetery, Sunshine Coast
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World War 2 Service

2 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, Q124604, 2nd/122nd Independent Brigade Workshop
16 Jul 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, Q124604, 2nd/122nd Independent Brigade Workshop
17 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, QX35407,, 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments
19 Nov 1942:	Embarked Lieutenant, QX35407, 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments, embarked Brisbane for Port Moresby per Duntroon
9 Feb 1943:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments
20 Jan 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, QX35407, 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments, embarked Lae for Brisbane per Gorgon
26 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, QX35407, 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments
Date unknown:	Involvement Captain, QX35407, 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Reginald was the youngest of five children of Frederick Charles Andrews (born 1867 in Brisbane, QLD) and Emma Day (born 1868 in Cambridge, England).

Reginald was living in Toowoomba, QLD and working as a Motor Mechanic when he married Ethel May Greer (born 1899 in Brisbane, QLD) in 1923 in Brisbane, QLD. Reginald and Ethel were living in Toowoomba, QLD where Reginald worked as a Motor Mechanic when he enlisted in the Australian Army in Esk QLD. Reginaled was a Captain (Service No: QX35407) with 239 Light Detachment 59th Engineers in New Guinea - a front line workshop of 30 - 50 soldiers who kept the vehicles and equipment in motion. Reginald was Discharged in November 1945

Following the War, Reginald and Ethel lived in Toowoomba, QLD where Reginald was Service Manager until retiring to Caloundra, QLD in 1970

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