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Leslie Thomas JONES

Regimental number1123
Date of birth23 November 1894
Place of birthDeloraine, Tasmania
SchoolParkham State School (near Deloraine), Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressWoodlands, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinBrother, Edward Batt, Lama Junction, Woodlands, Tasmania
Enlistment date11 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 November 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death21
Place of burialAri Burnu Cemetery (Row I, Grave No. 6), Anzac, Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
108
Other details

Worked from the age of nine year old as a boy labourer at Freelands Dairy Farm, Trevallyn, Launceston, Tasmania.

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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