Leslie Malcolm AUSTIN
aka Guts or Les
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 5456
Uniform # 367
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 13 January 1947
Sergeant 2nd Class – death
Stations: Five Dock, Petersham, Parramatta STP ( 1949 – ), Hornsby STP ( 1950’s – ), Gosford STP & General Duties – death
Service: From ? ? pre January 1947 to 14 April 1971 = 23 years Service
World War II
Australian Imperial Force Australian Army
Regiment: B Company, 14th Australian I.T.B.
Enlisted: 18th b/day 21 July 1943 @ Ashfield Drill Hall, Sydney, NSW
Age: 18 years
Service # NX174735 ( N463669 )
Rank: Private
Embarkation: ?
Next of kin: Horace Malcolm AUSTIN, 2 Burns St, Croydon. Father
Religion: Methodist
Single / Married: ?
Returned to Australia: ?
Awards: 1939 – 1945 Star. Pacific Star. War Medal. Australian Service Medal.
Regiment upon Discharge: 57/60th Battalion
Awards: No find on It’s An Honour
Queens Medal – 20 years Service. Awarded to his wife posthumously.
Born: 21 July 1925
Died on: 14 April 1971, Peats Ridge, Gosford.
Cause: Heart attack
Age: 45
Funeral date: ?
Funeral location: Uniting Church, Gosford
Buried at: Point Clare General Cemetery
Memorial at: ?
Taken about 1957/58 at a fatal motor vehicle collision. Pacific Highway, Niagra Park. Gosford.
LES is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance
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