FREDERICKS, Leslie Ivan
| Service Number: | Q100988 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 16 December 1915 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Pinkenba, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Tanker Driver |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 15 June 2006, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Dec 1941: | Involvement Q100988, NOT ALLOCATED NAAQ Register | |
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| 17 Dec 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 17 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Q100988 | |
| 14 Oct 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q100988, Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Q100988 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Ivan was the only child of Herbert Fredericks (b1891 in Mackay, QLD) and Margaret Ellen Atkinson (b1892 in Warwick, QLD). Herbert (a Baker in Mackay, QLD) enlisted in the AIF in September 1915 (Private; Service No:8399) and he and Margaret married in November. Whilst Herbert was serving overseas, Margaret met someone else and son Ivan was left in Warwick on the farm with his Grandparents. Herbert joined the Fire Brigade in Brisbane when he returned from Service and Divorced Margaret in 1926. He remarried in 1933 and worked as a Fireman in Brisbane, QLD.
Ivan was a Foreman when he married Winifred Mary Smart (b1917 in Brisbane, QLD) - they were both working in Albion, Brisbane (Winifred was a Shop Assistant). Ivan and Winifred settled in Brisbane and Ivan was a Tanker Driver (Mobil) in 1941 when he enlisted in the ACMF. He was a Private (Service No:Q100988) attached to QLD LoC Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depot (BIPOD) when he was Discharged in October 1943 (Certificate of Discharge). Ivan and Winifred remained in Wilston, Brisbane where Ivan worked as a Storeman and Truck Driver. He known as both Les and Pat to his Bowls mates. Winifred died in 1973 and Ivan in 2006.
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