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Leslie Arthur BAILEY

Regimental number3267
Date of birth28 February 1901
Place of birthYoung, New South Wales
Other NamesHARGREAVE, Leslie Arthur Hazel
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationShearer
AddressGranville, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinFather, Walter Bailey, West Wyalong, New South Wales
Enlistment date9 July 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name35th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/52/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 2 August 1917
FateNo details of fate entered on Nominal Roll
Discharge date6 August 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Wounded in action, 17 April 1918 (gassed).

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Essex', 7 June 1918 (underage); discharged, Sydney, 6 August 1918 (under age).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Found Guilty, Supreme Court, Brisbane, 24 August 1922, of 'breaking, entering and stealing in the night time'; sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment with hard labour.

Also served in World War II: Service No NX56518.
SourcesNAA: B883, BAILEY Leslie Arthur

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