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Leslie Norman KRAUSE

Regimental number12334
Place of birthRichmond, Victoria
SchoolEastern Road State School, South Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address200 Park Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Ellis, 200 Park Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military service13th Australian Army Medical Corps; Served in the Cadet and Citizen Forces.
Enlistment date24 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameField Ambulance 10
AWM Embarkation Roll number26/53/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 20 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Field Ambulance
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular"Record of Sport Junior Cadet Shooting Matches, Williamstown, 1907. Best young shot under 12 years of age. Also one of the team of five shots Winners of the Cumming Shield. Winnder of 3 Gold, 4 Silver Medals and Watch. Foot Racing, 1913, Victoria 2nd in Army Championship 100 yards Senior Cadets 51st Battalion Infantry Silver Medal. England, 1916 1st in Army Championships, Sailsbury Plains 100 yards. Time Recorded 9 4/5 Also on the same day was 1st 220 yards Prize Engraved Watch. 2nd in Boxing. Middleweight Championship on Board Troopship S.S. Runic Silver Trophy, 1916. I have above Trophies now in my possession." Details from Mother.
FateKilled in Action 22 July 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death21.7
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialKandakar Farm Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 13), Neuve-Eglise, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
183
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Norman SIDNEY and Elizabeth Jane ELLIS, 204 Park Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousin: Arnold Bartram, died of wounds 13th May, 1917 Cousin: Raymond Bartram, killed 7th June, 1917. Cousin: Reginald Bartram, killed 4th October, 1917 Cousin: April Bartram, invalided home

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