Lindsay Walter SLATYER

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SLATYER, Lindsay Walter

Service Numbers:	455439, NX115746/N176481, NX115746
Enlisted:	18 July 1939, AAOC
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	15 Mobile Laundry and Forward Decontamination Unit
Born:	Cowra, New South Wales, Australia, 8 June 1909
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Newington College, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Departmental Manager (Gowings Bros Ltd)
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 6 February 1972, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

18 Jul 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, 455439, AAOC
31 Mar 1941:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, 455439, AAOC
14 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, NX115746/N176481, 9th Division Mobile Laundry
15 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, NX115746
27 Aug 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, NX115746/N176481, 9th Division Mobile Laundry, ex Brisbane to Port Moresby
14 Jan 1944:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, 2nd/6th Mobile Laundry and Forward Decontamination Unit
21 Apr 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, NX115746
21 Apr 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, NX115746/N176481, 15 Mobile Laundry and Forward Decontamination Unit
Date unknown:	Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, NX115746/N176481, 9th Division Mobile Laundry

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Lindsay was the eldest of three children of Arthur Ernest Slatyer (born 1885 in Goulburn, NSW) and Ada Alice Bell (born 1880 in Grenfell, NSW). Arthur was a Shopkeeper in Grenfell in 1908 when he married Ada in Cowra, NSW. During the Depression the family relocated to Meadowbank in Sydney, NSW where Arthur worked as a Shop Assistant.

Lindsay attended Newington College (1924 - 1928) and then worked in the family store in Grenfell. He was a keen cricketer and tennis player, and in the late 1920s moved to Sydney with his parents and siblings. He was a Salesman for Gowing Bros Ltd in Sydney, NSW in 1933 when he married Ethel Maude Bickford (born 1913 in Sydney, NSW).

In 1939 Lindsay was a Buyer/Salesman for Gowings when he enlisted in the AMF as a Private (Service No: 4555439) and was a Corporal attached to Australian Army Ordnance Corps when he received an Exemption and was Discharged in March 1941. By September 1942 Lindsay was a Departmental Manager with Gowings when he enlisted in the Australian Army. He saw service in New Guinea and was a Warrant Officer Class II (Service Nos:NX115746/N176481) attached to 13th Australian Mobile Laundry and Forward Decontamination Unit when he was Discharged in April 1945. His Father-in-Law (Ernest John Bickford) and four Brothers-in-Law served in WWI, and five Brothers-in-Law served in WWII.

Following the War, Lindsay and Ethel remained in Sydney, NSW where Lindsay was a Departmental Manager. He died in 1972 and Ethel in 1993.

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