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Leslie Oliver FORDHAM

Regimental number3804
Place of birthLittle Coogee, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolWoollahra Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPainter
Address'Clifton', Alt Street, Waverley, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinSister, Mrs Lily Priscilla Stockbridge, 16 Ruthven Street, Waverley, New South Wales
Previous military service21st Infantry; Scouts and Cadet Forces
Enlistment date3 May 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll15 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 18 October 1917
Place of death or woundingCressy Farm
Age at death21.1
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialDochy Farm new British Cemetery (Plot VII, Row C, Grave No. 29), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
117
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and the late Alice Janet FORDHAM. Native of Sydney, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsYounger brother of C H V C Fordham, No. 4408, 19 Battalion
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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