"Tom" Leslie Thomas STARCEVICH

Born 5 September 1918 in Subiaco, Western Australia ^[16]
Son of "Joe" Josip STARCEVICH and Gertrude May WALTERS ^{[16] [66]}
His father had migrated from Yugoslavia to Western Australia at the age of 14 years ^{[79: 23-Aug-1973]}
Resided with his parents in Laverton and later on a farm at Grass Patch in the Mallee district of the Esperance region ^{[79: 23-Aug-1973]}
Resided in Norseman prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 9 April 1941 ^[16]
     Private WX11519 in the Australian Army's 2/43 Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War ^[16]
     Awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous gallantry at Beaufort in North Borneo on 28 June 1945 ^[18]
     Discharged from the Australian Army on 12 February 1946 ^[16]
Married Kathleen Betty WARR nee HARDY in Perth in 1947 ^[66]
Resided in Green Bushes in 1947 ^[18]
He was presented with his Victoria Cross by the Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia on 25 May 1947 ^[18]
Car Salesman in Perth 1948-1951 ^{[79: 23-Aug-1973]}
     In 1949 he and his wife were living at 24 Third Avenue in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley ^[50]
Wheat & Sheep Farmer near Carnamah 1951- ^{[79: 23-Aug-1973]}
     In 1951 he was allocated a War Service Land Settlement block on the late F. W. Gustav LIEBE's Waddi Estate ^{[79: 23-Aug-1973]}
     His farm was the 4,300 acre Victoria Location 9977, which was in Caron and about 17 miles east of the Carnamah townsite ^{[61] [79]}
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Red Cross Society ^[141]
Member of the Carnamah Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers League in 1954 ^{[7: page 193]}
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society -1971 ^[13]

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