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Leslie Malcolm AUSTIN

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Leslie Malcolm AUSTIN

aka  Guts or Les

New South Wales Police Force

“Possibly” from Class 17 from Penrith Police College

Regd. #   5456

Uniform #  367

Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed Monday 13 January 1947 ( aged 21 years, 5 months, 23 days )

Constable – appointed ? ? ?

Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?

Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?

Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed ? ? ?

Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed 1 April 1968

 

Final Rank:  Sergeant 2nd Class – death

 

Stations:  Five Dock, Petersham, Parramatta STP ( 1949 – ), Hornsby STP ( 1950’s – ), North East District ( 1968 ), Gosford STP & General Duties – death

 

ServiceFrom  ? ? pre January 1947  to  14 April 1971 = 23 years Service

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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 ?

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Awards:                                     1939 – 1945 Star.  Pacific Star.  War Medal.  Australian Service Medal.

Regiment upon Discharge:   57/60th Battalion

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Awards:  No find on It’s An Honour

Queens Medal – 20 years Service. Awarded to his wife posthumously.

 

Born:  Tuesday 21 July 1925

Died on:  Wednesday 14 April 1971, Peates Ridge, Gosford.

Cause:  Heart attack

Age:  45 years, 8 months, 24 days

 

Funeral date?

Funeral location:  Uniting Church, Gosford

 

Buried at:  Point Clare General Cemetery, Coolarn Ave, Pt Clare, NSW

Plot:  Sect:  Lawn 4, Row 4, Plot 38

 

 Memorial at?

About 1950

Taken about 1957/58 at a fatal motor vehicle collision. Pacific Highway, Niagra Park. Gosford.
Taken about 1957/58 at a fatal motor vehicle collision. Pacific Highway, Niagra Park. Gosford.

In loving Memory of my dear husband & our father, Leslie Malcolm AUSTIN, died 14th April 1971 aged 45 years. Our dear mother, grandmother & great grandmother Nona Emily AUSTIN 15.12.1928 - 5.2.2017

In loving Memory of my dear husband & our father, Leslie Malcolm AUSTIN, died 14th April 1971 aged 45 years. Our dear mother, grandmother & great grandmother Nona Emily AUSTIN 15.12.1928 - 5.2.2017

 

LES is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance

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May you forever Rest In Peace.


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