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Leslie BURKE

Regimental number223
Place of birthAllendale, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationButcher
AddressBoyle Street, Ballarat East, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.8
Height5' 6.75"
Weight134 lbs
Next of kinFather, John Burke, 6 Boyle Street, Ballarat East, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets, and for 2 years in the 19th Australian Light Horse, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date29 May 1915
Place of enlistmentBallarat, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit nameInfantry Brigade 6, Field Ambulance 6, Reinforcement 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number26/49/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 22 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Field Ambulance
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

MSM


Recommendation date: 6 February 1919

FateReturned to Australia 9 March 1919
Medals

Meritorious Service Medal

'Under all conditions, whether favourable or adverse, this N.C.O. is invariably cheerful and anxious to do everything in his power for the greater comfort of the men. He is always at great pains to get the best use out of, and make the greatest variety from, the available ration issue, and all reports made from time to time by official cookhouse inspectors upon the state of the cookhouses under his control have been of the very best. In active operations and especially during the period 7th August, 1918, to 7th October, 1918, the difficulty of providing hot food for personnel and wounded in forward ambulance posts has been very great and the fact that the supply has never failed is entirely due to the energy and excellent management of this N.C.O.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 113
Date: 6 October 1919

Discharge date21 September 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Kashmire', 9 March 1919; discharged (medically unfit: left inguinal hernia), Melbourne, 21 September 1919.

Medals: Meritorious Service Medal, Médaille de la Reconnaissance française, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BURKE Leslie

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