Leslie Penrose Alexander BOXHALL

  General Notes:

Marriage certificate 1946 entry No. 4
St James Church, Durban, Natal, South Africa
Jun 8th 1946 by Licence, without antenuptial contract
Race - both: European
Leslie Penrose Alexander Penrose, 36, born Natal, Bachelor, Commercial Broker, 62 Victoria Mansions Durban
Lorna Lilyan Lawson, 32, born Australia, Spinster, Domestic Duties, Roosevelt Hotel Musgrave Rd Durban
- both signed
- witnesses M E Jones, ? Jones
- Leslie's address is the same as Florence Mary's from the 1942 Lawrie's directory. This appears to prove he was her son

On NAAIRS website (SA archives) - 2 identical entries
DEPOT SAB
SOURCE URU
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 1920
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 3606
PART 1
DESCRIPTION AWARD OF THE EFFIENCY DECORATION TO REGIMENTAL SERGEANT-MAJOR LPA
BOXHALL AND OTHERS.
STARTING 1940
ENDING 1940

DEPOT SAB
SOURCE URU
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 1920
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 3606
PART 1
DESCRIPTION AWARD OF THE EFFIENCY DECORATION TO REGIMENTAL SERGEANT-MAJOR LPA
BOXHALL AND OTHERS.
STARTING 1940
ENDING 1940

His address in 1957, as per telephone directory was
207 Banchory, Currie Road, Durban

Passenger lists:
Name:Sgt Leslie Penrose A Boxhall( my notes his regiment number was 98090 from his medal list)
Departure Place:Liverpool and Capetown
Arrival date:Jan 1938
Arrival Place:Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Vessel:Themistocles

Leslie married Lorna Lilyan LAWSON on 8 Jun 1946 in Durban, Natal, South Africa. (Lorna Lilyan LAWSON was born about 1914 in Australia.)