Leslie ALDOUS

ALDOUS, Leslie

Service Number: N109651
Enlisted: 30 April 1941
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: Royal Australian Engineers
Born: Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia, 17 April 1923
Home Town: Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Accidental (Drowning), Australia, 5 February 1942, aged 18 years
Cemetery: Botany General Cemetery, New South Wales
C. of E. Plot. Sec. DDD. Grave 1146.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sapper, N109651
30 Apr 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N109651
5 Feb 1942: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, N109651, Royal Australian Engineers, Accidental Death.

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Biography contributed by Maurice Kissane

Lindsay Steele Aldous served as Leslie Aldous. He was born in 1923 and adopted by Henry Oswald and Lillian Aldous of Bondi in New South Wales. His Foster Father was listed as his N.O.K. Leslie as he was known, was a farm labourer. He was mobilized in 1941. Leslie was the natural son of Murial Sinclaire Steele. His natural fathers name is not recorded. 

N109651 Sapper Leslie Aldous served in 60th Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Coy RAE. He was bathing in Lane Cove River in Ryde when he drowned. The Coroners Enquiry held in the Ryde Court House, found that his death was accidental. 

N109651 Sapper L. S. Aldous RAE was buried in Botany General Cemetery.  "A Good Soldier" is his epitaph. Lest We Forget.   

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