ANDREWS, Leslie Reginald
Service Numbers: | Q124604, QX35407,, QX35407 |
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Enlisted: | 2 February 1942 |
Last Rank: | Captain |
Last Unit: | 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 11 November 1900 |
Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Schooling: | Central Technical College, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Motor Mechanic - Workshop Foreman |
Died: | Caloundra, Queensland, Australia, 4 October 1981, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Caloundra Cemetery, Sunshine Coast |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
2 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, Q124604, 2nd/122nd Independent Brigade Workshop | |
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16 Jul 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, Q124604, 2nd/122nd Independent Brigade Workshop | |
17 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, QX35407,, 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments | |
19 Nov 1942: | Embarked Lieutenant, QX35407, 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments, embarked Brisbane for Port Moresby per Duntroon | |
9 Feb 1943: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments | |
20 Jan 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, QX35407, 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments, embarked Lae for Brisbane per Gorgon | |
26 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, QX35407, 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments | |
Date unknown: | Involvement Captain, QX35407, 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Reginald was the youngest of five children of Frederick Charles Andrews (born 1867 in Brisbane, QLD) and Emma Day (born 1868 in Cambridge, England).
Reginald was living in Toowoomba, QLD and working as a Motor Mechanic when he married Ethel May Greer (born 1899 in Brisbane, QLD) in 1923 in Brisbane, QLD. Reginald and Ethel were living in Toowoomba, QLD where Reginald worked as a Motor Mechanic when he enlisted in the Australian Army in Esk QLD. Reginaled was a Captain (Service No: QX35407) with 239 Light Detachment 59th Engineers in New Guinea - a front line workshop of 30 - 50 soldiers who kept the vehicles and equipment in motion. Reginald was Discharged in November 1945
Following the War, Reginald and Ethel lived in Toowoomba, QLD where Reginald was Service Manager until retiring to Caloundra, QLD in 1970