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Leslie Neill BULL

Regimental number15378
Place of birthCroydon Park, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolNewington College, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMerchant
AddressBurwood, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 7.25"
Weight178 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs R Bull, 'Wonamurra', Nicholson Road, Burwood, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 February 1917
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentMotor Transport Driver
Unit nameMechanical Transport Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 October 1917
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Siege Battery Ammunition Column
FateDied of disease 6 February 1919
Place of death or woundingDartford, Kent, England
Age at death29
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row F, Grave No. 6), Surrey, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
19
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Rose BULL
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 30 October 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 27 December 1917; marched into Australian Army Service Corps Training Depot, Parkhouse, 28 December 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 19 February 1918; taken on strength, 1st Australian Siege Brigade Ammunition Column, in the field, 29 March 1918.

On special leave to Paris, 22 november 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 29 November 1918.

On leave to United Kingdom, 27 January-10 February 1919.

Admitted to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 3 February 1919; listed as 'dangerously ill', 4 February 1919.

Died of influenza, Dartford, 6 February 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BULL Leslie Neill

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