Leslie Alfred SMITH

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SMITH, Leslie Alfred

Service Number:	421486
Enlisted:	1 February 1942
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	No. 459 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, 6 January 1923
Home Town:	Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, 28 June 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Memorials:	Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Warrant Officer, 421486
1 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
1 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 421486
28 Jun 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 421486, No. 459 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Ventura GRV JT838 of 459 Squadron RAAF crashed in the Aegean Sea en-route to the mission target of Castel Rosso in Italy with four of the crew killed - their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial in Egypt

POND, Keith (Flying Officer) 423885

HIGGS, Donald Ernest (Flying Officer) 410549

SMITH, Leslie Alfred (Warrant Officer) 421486

WEBSTER, William Douglas (Warrant Officer) 412866

The sole survivor was Flight Sergeant Ross Smith 410754

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