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Leslie King FLY

Regimental number4190
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolSandhurst Grammar School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address14 Langston Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs E S Fly, 14 Langston Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Enlistment date7 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 10 August 1918
Age at death25
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 21), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
46
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Listed on Bendigo Central School No 1976 Honor Roll (now in Camp Hill Primary School). Inscription reads: 'Fighters in the Great War for Empire, Dominions, Allies'. Commemorated in Bendigo Cemetery, Victoria. Father: John Moys FLY (d. 17 July 1907, aged 49; bu. Bendigo)
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4495 Corporal John Alan FLY MM, 6th Bn, returned to Australia, 12 May 1919; Cousin: 4226 Sergeant Harold Detley KAHLAND, 6th Bn, killed in action, 4 October 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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