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Leslie DAVIES

Regimental number3295
Place of birthWallsend, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School
Other trainingWorcester College, Oxford, England
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
AddressFarquhar Street, Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinRev. T. Davies, Farquhar Street, Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales
Enlistment date23 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 13 October 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular"His brother enlisted in AIF and was wounded at Pozieres and returned to Australia, Albert Edwin Davies). His Brother-in-Law, Kenneth John Peter, enlisted in Railway .... and served three years in France and returned all well." Details from Father.
FateKilled in Action 1 September 1918
Place of death or woundingPeronne, France
Age at death26
Place of burialHem Farm Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row K, Grave 6), Hem-Monacu, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
157Parents: The Rev. Thomas and Mrs Emma DAVIES, 132 Corunna Road, Petersham, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4096 Pte Albert Edwin DAVIES, 20th Bn, returned to Australia; Brother-in-law: 176 Lance Corporal Kenneth John PETER, Australian Corps School, returned to Australia, 23 July 1919.

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