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Leslie Phillip IBBETSON

Regimental number2643
Place of birthBradford, Yorkshire, England
SchoolSedbergh School, Yorkshire, England
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStockman
AddressKensington Downs, near Longreach, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinJoseph Ibbetson, 73 Moorehead Lane, Shipley, Yorkshire, England
Enlistment date1 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameDivisional Ammunition Column
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A22 Rangatira on 25 September 1914
Rank from Nominal RollBombardier
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularExcellent Sportsman
FateKilled in Action 29 September 1918
Place of death or woundingPeronne, France
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialRoisel Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row M, Grave No. 11), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
12
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Caroline IBBETSON, 21 Moorhead Terrace, Shipley, Yorks, England

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