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Corporal LESLIE BARCLAY POLKINGHORNE

Service Number: SX3911
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. 2/27 Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 December 1942

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY

C5. B. 27.

Papua New Guinea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth Adelaide Polkinghorne; husband of Joyce Christobel Polkinghorne, of Norwood, South Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE, HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY
Papua New Guinea
Number of casualties: 3826
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