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Leslie John JACOBS

Regimental number1773
Place of birthNorthcote, Victoria
SchoolNorthcote State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationTobacco worker
Address31 James Street, Northcote, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 8.75"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Martha J Jacobs, 31 James Street, Northcote, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years 3 months in the 6th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces, Prahran, Victoria (discharged as inefficient); 4 months in the Army Service Corps, Citizen Military Forces (left at own request).
Enlistment date18 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll26 May 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialRue-Petillon Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 13), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Matha JACOBS
Family/military connectionsCousins: 4716 Pte Cecil James COE, 8th Bn., killed in action, 28 July 1916; 3013 Pte Albert Victor COE, 59th Bn, killed in action, 2 September 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Taken on strength, 24th Bn, Gallipoli, 29 September 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 10 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Found guilty, Ismailia, 9 March 1916, of being absent without leave, 1330-1800, 9 March: awarded 7 days' confined to barracks.

Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Ferry Post, 4 April 1916.

Transferred to 59th Bn, 4 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presumed Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, JACOBS Leslie John

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