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Leslie ANDERSON

Regimental number4008
Place of birthDiapur, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressDowerin, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Sarah Anderson, Dowerin, Western Australia
Enlistment date13 April 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll11 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 28 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 15 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialNamps-Au-Val British Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
119
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Margaret ANDERSON, Dowerin, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2798 Pte Walter Raymond ANDERSON, 1st Imperial Camel Corps, returned to Australia, 17 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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