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Sgt. Leslie James Holdaway 1902 - 1944

Leslie James Holdaway was born on September 20, 1902 to William James Holdaway and Edie (Rigley) Holdaway, and had siblings Edna May (Holdaway) Stokes, Rita Holdaway, Cecil George Holdaway, and Audrey Holdaway. Leslie Holdaway died at age 41 years old on January 1, 1944 at Borneo Kalimantan.

Leslie James Holdaway
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    P.O.W. Borneo.
  • 09/20
    1902

    Birthday

    September 20, 1902
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  • Military Service

    Sergeant 2/19th Infantry Battalion. Malaya, Singapore, Changi, Borneo. Suffered the highest number of Australian casualties during WW2.
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    1944

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    January 1, 1944
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In 1902, in the year that Sgt. Leslie James Holdaway was born, the modern air conditioner was invented by Willis H. Carrier. The company that he worked for needed to find a way to control humidity and by solving this problem, Carrier created a system that could be used for cooling the rooms of a house. The Sun Belt thanks him!
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In 1911, at the age of only 9 years old, Leslie was alive when the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.
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Holdaway, Frederick (Jul 4, 1922 - May 18, 2009) Holdaway, E Ria (Mar 16, 1918 - Dec 28, 2001) Holdaway, Lorne (Jun 18, 1910 - Jul 1974) Holdaway, Patricia (Oct 2, 1946 - Aug 1984) Holdaway, Benjamin (Aug 28, 1926 - Feb 20, 1997) Holdaway, Adelaide (Oct 8, 1912 - Sep 13, 2000) Holdaway, Eugene (Jun 25, 1933 - Jan 14, 2005) Holdaway, Mary (Apr 17, 1929 - Sep 7, 1998) Holdaway, Thomas (Mar 8, 1942 - Mar 15, 2009) Holdaway, Rex (Nov 26, 1936 - Nov 3, 1992)
Holdaway, Robert (Dec 31, 1969 - Jul 29, 1992) Holdaway, Lucy (Dec 1, 1936 - Dec 22, 2006) Holdaway, Hesbeth (Jun 6, 1933 - Sep 1, 2009) Holdaway, Mary (Jul 30, 1915 - Jul 9, 2008) Holdaway, Robert (Oct 23, 1977 - Oct 27, 1997) Holdaway, Howard (Mar 7, 1906 - Nov 1983) Holdaway, Margaret (May 11, 1922 - Oct 19, 2006) Holdaway, William (Nov 13, 1929 - Jul 19, 1994) Holdaway, Joyce (Feb 20, 1941 - Jun 8, 2008) Holdaway, Eugene (Mar 8, 1907 - Jun 1979)
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