Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

15/01/1942

Place of Enlistment

Paddington NSW

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

05/05/1916

Place of Birth

Yass NSW

Address (at enlistment)

15 Toms Crescent, Ainslie ACT

Occupation

Transport driver

Next of Kin

Son of William John and Marcella Worthy; husband of Jean Worthy, of Toms Crescent, Ainslie, Canberra ACT. Twin brother of Corporal William John Worthy AIF, killed in action New Guinea 26 Nov 1942.

Burial Place

Woden Cemetery, Canberra ACT: Church of England section, Row C, grave 51.

Service Number

NX83956

Final Rank

Corporal

Final Unit

5 Infantry Training Battalion AIF

Died 31 March 1942 aged 25 years, of illness.

AWM Roll of Honour, Canberra ACT: Panel 79.
St John the Baptist Anglican Church, Reid, Book of Remembrance of Canberra parishioners who died in the war of 1939-45, in recess in south wall of nave.

Les Worthy was a bus driver with the Transport Section of the Department of Interior and played Australian Rules Football with Ainslie Football Club and cricket for Hall and Ainslie. He was the twin brother of Bill Worthy who was killed in action at Gona in New Guinea on 26 November 1942.

Australia. Department of Veterans' Affairs. World War 2 nominal roll. <http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/>
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Debt of Honour Register. <http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/search/>
AWM Roll of Honour and Roll of Honour Circulars <http://www.awm.gov.au/database/roh.asp>
Stanley J. L. Ray. Ainslie Football Club: souvenir record and club history 1927-1952. Canberra, Ainslie Football Club, n.d. [?1954]. Players honour roll.
Don Mountain ed. Monumental inscriptions: Australian Capital Territory, including Jervis Bay. Canberra, Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra, 2001, p.41, 202.
ACT Electoral Roll - 1941
The Canberra Times - 2 April 1942