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Leslie BROWN

Regimental number3456
Place of birthNewcastle New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationShare farmer
AddressThe Moorings, Northbridge North Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs M A Brown, The Moorings, Northbridge North Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date14 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentActing Sergeant
Unit name18th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot III, Row K, Grave No. 8), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
82
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Margaret BROWN, The Moorings, Malacoota Road, Northbridge, New South Wales. Born at Newcastle, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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