- SURNAME
Speedy
- FORENAME
Leslie Bruce
- UNIT
New Zealand Infantry (30 Bn)/Coastwatcher
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
64653
- DATE OF DEATH
15th October 1942
- AGE
40
- GRAVESITE
Bourail Memorial,New Caledonia Panel 2
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 1902, Featherston, New Zealand
husband of Ada Jane Speedy,Sylvia Avenue,Otahuhu,Auckland,New Zealand
1 child (Leslie Raymond Speedy (1933-1983))
slaughterman in civilian life
award Mention in Despatches
POW September 1942 Maiana Island,Gilbert Islands
executed by Japanese Betio,Tarawa,Gilbert Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
15-Oct-1942AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/speedy-leslie-bruce.37962/WEB LINKS:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/68978145/person/40199249866/story
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