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Leslie TIBBETT

Regimental number3243
Place of birthEaglehawk Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationPainter
AddressFootscray, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs. Elizabeth Tibbett, 9 Stirling Street, Footscray, Victoria
Enlistment date16 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name60th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/77/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 3 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row D, Grave No. 5A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
142
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Elizabeth TIBBETT, 48 Stirling Street, Footscray, Victoria. Native of Eaglehawk, Victoria. Commemorated in Eaglehawk Cemetery, Victoria. Headstone inscription reads: 'He answered his country's call.' Parents: Charles (d. 28 February 1915, aged 60; bu. Eaglehawk Cemetery) and Elizabeth TIBBETT (d. 6 March 1937, aged 78; bu. Eaglehawk Cemetery)~
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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