Sgt. Leslie James Holdaway
Updated May 18, 2019
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Sgt. Leslie James Holdaway (1902 - 1944)

Sgt. Leslie James Holdaway was born on September 20, 1902. He was born to William James Holdaway and Edie (Rigley) Holdaway , with siblings Edna, Rita, Cecil, and Audrey. He died on January 1, 1944 at Borneo Kalimantan at age 41.

Military service:
Sergeant 2/19th Infantry Battalion. Malaya, Singapore, Changi, Borneo. Suffered the highest number of Australian casualties during WW2..
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P.O.W. Borneo.

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Average Age

Sgt. Leslie James Holdaway lived 26 years shorter than the average Holdaway family member when he died at the age of 41.

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Family

Father: William James Holdaway
Mother: Edie (Rigley) Holdaway
Siblings: Edna May (Holdaway) Stokes, Rita Holdaway, Cecil George Holdaway, and Audrey Holdaway

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

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James

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1902 - In the year that Sgt. Leslie James Holdaway was born, the first Rose Bowl game was played in Pasadena, California. Called the "Tournament East–West football game" at the time, the Michigan Wolverines (East) played the Stanford Indians (West) - the Wolverines won 49 - 0. (The Stanford captain requested an end to the game with 8 minutes remaining.) The Tournament of Roses Parade began in 1890 and the football game began as a way to boost tourism in the area.

1911 - At the age of only 9 years old, Leslie was alive when the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.

1927 - When he was 25 years old, the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".

1940 - By the time he was 38 years old, on November 5th, President Franklin Roosevelt was elected to a third term, defeating Wendell Willkie of Indiana (a corporate lawyer). Roosevelt running for a third term was controversial. But the U.S. was emerging from the Great Recession and he promised that he would not involve the country in any foreign war (which of course changed when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor). Roosevelt defeated Willkie in the popular vote by 54.7 to 44.8% and in the Electoral College 449 to 82.

1944 - In the year of Sgt. Leslie James Holdaway's passing, on December 16th, The Battle of the Bulge began in the Ardennes forest on the Western Front. Lasting for a little over a month, the battle began with a surprise attack by Germany on the Allied forces The U.S. suffered their highest casualties of any operation in World War II - 89,000 were casualties, around 8,600 killed - but Germany also severely depleted their resources and they couldn't be replaced.

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Sgt. Leslie James Holdaway passed away on January 1, 1944 at Borneo Kalimantan at 41 years old. There is no known cause of death. He was born on September 20, 1902. He was born to William James Holdaway and Edie (Rigley) Holdaway , with siblings Edna, Rita, Cecil, and Audrey.

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