Soldier profiles
Name : NOLAN, LESLIE ROBERT
Service Number : VX61788
Date of Birth : 19/12/1920
Place of Birth : NORTH FITZROY, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 15/08/1941
Locality on Enlistment : BROADFORD, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : NOLAN, LESLIE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 11/12/1945
Date Died : ??/04/2005
Age at Death : 84
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : NAKON PATON (THAILAND), THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0066 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6122824 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 1033546 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 368kB), Japanese officer Wakamatsu war crime (part 1). 09/04/1946 Affidavit by NX66866 Pte R. W. Forsyth, Japanese officer Wakamatsu war crime (part 2). 09/04/1946 Affidavit by NX66866 Pte R. W. Forsyth
Background : Repatriated to Australia on S.S. Tamaroa.
