Leslie Sydney NUNN

Leslie Sydney NUNN

Male 1915 - 1971  (55 years)


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  • Name Leslie Sydney NUNN 
    _MILT 1942-45 
    Royal Australian Air Force 
    • Service record : Name NUNN, LESLIE SYDNEY Service Royal Australian Air Force Service Number 76982
      Date of Birth 22 Dec 1915 Place of Birth IPSWICH, QLD Date of Enlistment 22 Jul 1942 Locality on Enlistment BOOVAL, QLD
      Place of Enlistment BRISBANE, QLD Next of Kin NUNN, MAVIS Date of Discharge 7 Sep 1945 Rank Leading Aircraftman
      Posting at Discharge 333 RADAR STATION

    Birth 22 Dec 1915  Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1915 C14112 Leslie Sydney Nunn son of Norman Edward Nunn and Essie Penman Murphy
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1937  Booval St, Booval, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Occupation 1942 
    Bread carter for McDonald Bros, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia 
    Residence 1942  Ivory St, St, Booval, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • As per service record.

    Occupation 1949 
    Storekeeper 
    Residence 1949  Albert St, Rosewood, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Residence 1958  30 Drouyn St, Deagon, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Occupation 1958-1968 
    Shop assistant 
    Residence 1963-1968  90 Goldfinch St, Inala, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    _FNRL 1971  Mt Thompson Memorial Gardens, Holland Park, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 27 Jun 1971  Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
      Death registration: Leslie Sydney Nunn Death date: 27/06/1971
      Mother's name: Essie Penman Murphy Father/parent's name: Norman Edward Nunn
      Registration details: 1971/B/24481

    Notes 
    • The following is from: https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/1645802
      Leslie was the eldest of four children of Norman Edward Nunn (b1895 in Ipswich, QLD) and Essie Penman Murphy (b1897 in Ipswich, QLD). Norman - a Miner - and Essie married in 1915 in Ipswich, QLD where they settled and raised their family.
      Leslie was working as a Fruiterer in Ipswich in 1936 when he married Mavis Anne Beatrice Kruger (b1917 in Ipswich, QLD). Leslie and Mavis settled in Ipswich, where Leslie was a Bread Carter when he enlisted in the RAAF in July 1942. He served as an Aircaftman I (Service No:76982) and Leading Aircraftman with No 4 Squadron and No 23 Squadron, and was attached to No 333 Radar Station when he was Discharged in September 1945. Brother-in-Law William Francis Greisbach (Private; Service No:QX7033) also served in WWI and was a German PoW.
      Following his Discharge, Leslie and Mavis lived in Ipswich, Sandgate and Inala where Leslie was a Storekeeper and Shop Assistant. Leslie died in 1971.

    Person ID I487  Warren Nunn's family tree
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2023 

    Father Norman Edward NUNN,   b. 15 Aug 1895, Dinmore, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1989, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Mother Essie Penman MURPHY,   b. 16 Feb 1897, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1981, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 24 Dec 1915  Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F112  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mavis Annie Beatrice KRUGER,   b. Abt 1917   d. UNKNOWN 
    Marriage 16 Oct 1936  Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Qld State Library marriage ref: 1936/004276
    Children 
     1. Donald Ross NUNN,   b. Abt 1938, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 2008, Bundaberg Base Hospital, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     2. Living
    Family ID F210  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2025