Soldier profiles
Name : BROWN, LESLIE DAVID
Service Number : VX23478
Date of Birth : 02/11/1918
Place of Birth : YARRAWONGA, VIC
Known as : LES
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 06/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : YARRAWONGA, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : BROWN, JOHN
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 : 21/12/1945
Date Died : 29/09/1981
Age at Death : 62
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) : SYRIA, JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : MOULMEIN (BURMA)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : SYRIA, THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0011 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6227663 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Sydney Morning Herald Death Notice 01/10/1981, N.S.W. 2/1 and 2/2 Pioneer News 12/1981 p4
Background : Repatriated to Australia on the M.V. Highland Brigade.
