STRANGE, Leslie Mervyn
| Service Numbers: | Q153960, Q153960,, QX56690 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 September 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lutwyche, Queensland, Australia, 10 June 1924 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21 November 1982, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 7 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, Q153960, Australian Artillery Training Depot | |
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| 11 May 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, Q153960,, Australian Artillery Training Depot | |
| 12 May 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX56690 | |
| 26 Aug 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX56690, 8th Movement Control Group, embarked Brisbane for Port Moresby | |
| 21 Jun 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX56690, 8th Movement Control Group, embarked Port Moresby for Townsville per Gorgon | |
| 27 Dec 1944: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Feb 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX56690, 52nd Infantry Battalion, embarked Brisbane for Jacquinot Bay per Katoomba | |
| 21 Feb 1946: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Mar 1946: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 May 1946: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX56690, 52nd Infantry Battalion, embarked Rabaul for Sydney per Duntroon | |
| 27 Aug 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX56690 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Leslie was the second of four children of Charles Strange (b1865 in Essex, England) and Elizabeth Mary Hearn (nee O'Keefe; b1884 in Innisfail, QLD). Charles immigrated in 1874 with his parents and siblings, arriving in Brisbane, QLD on board the Darling Downs. He worked as a Labourer in Beaudesert and Nambour and married Elizabeth in 1919 in Nambour QLD. Elizabeth was a Widow with seven surviving young children - her first husband George had served in WWI (Private; Service No:6261) and died from wounds in May 1919. Charles and Elizabeth moved with their family to Brisbane in 1921 and Charles worked as a Labourer.
Leslie was a Labourer when he enlisted in the Australian Army in 1943. He was a Corporal (Service Nos:QX56690/Q153960) attached to 10 Movement Control Group when he was Discharged in August 1946.
Returning to Brisbane, Leslie lived with his parents and worked as a Wool Scour Hand before marrying Joyce Elizabeth in the mid 1950s. Leslie and Joyce lived in Brisbane and Leslie worked as a Labourer and Truck Driver. He died in 1982.
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