He pursued his primary and secondary education at the
St. Peter's College, Colombo and he left the school at the age of 16 years in order to join the Fleet of the AIRARM Royal Navy. He also pursued a crucial role by serving in as a manager at
Aitken Spence Shipping in Colombo. He also served in as an Inspector of Police from 1949 to 1960. He was just one of three local native Sri Lankans along with
Summa Navaratnam and
Clair Roeloffsz to have been selected to play for the Ceylonese rugby team which was otherwise dubbed as an "all-white" Sri Lankan team. He migrated to Australia with the intention of permanently settling there in 1965. Following his migration to Australia, he began working as a referee in Second Division matches in Melbourne. Leslie spent majority of his lifetime 40 years in Sri Lanka for over four decades and he was predominantly involved in various aspects of the sports. == References ==