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Military service
Service number:
L/74243
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
January 17, 1922
Lost River, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
January 13, 1942
Nipiwan, Saskatchewan
Death:
June 6, 1944
In the field
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 27, Column 2.
Additional information
Son of Henry G. and Anna Neufeld of Nipawin, Saskatchewan. The Neufeld family got their start in the Lost River Mennonite settlement, where Leslie's father established Neufeld Seeds. Despite the pacifism of the Mennonites, Leslie`s four brothers, Richard, Leonard, Arthur and Edward joined the service. He was also survived by his sisters, Leonora, Elvina, Verna and Donalda. He was single and employed as a General Store clerk. He joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, later transferring to the First Canadian Parachute Battalion and was one of the first troops dropped into Normandy on 5 June 1944. The Province of Saskatchewan has commemorated Pte Neufeld by naming Neufeld Bay in his honour.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 404 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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