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Leslie Leonard HOLMES

Regimental number2034
Place of birthNile, Tasmania
SchoolState School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressNile, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, W Holmes, Nile, Tasmania
Enlistment date25 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT SS Makatini on 10 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateDied of wounds whilst a Prisoner of War
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialLebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 28), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
107
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary HOLMES, Nile, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsUncle

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