NX200936 PRIVATE Leslie James CARTWRIGHT

Date of Birth:  28 October 1924

Place of Birth: Crookwell NSW

Next of Kin: Mr John Cartwright - Father

Enlistment Date: 7 May 1943

Unit: 2/5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces

Theatre of Service: New Guinea

Date of Death: 28 January 1945

Place of Death: 2/2 Field Ambulance, Bana near Aitape-Wewak area

Cause of Death: Died of wounds received in action the previous day

Notes: Buried in Lae War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea