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Bernard Edwin LEIS

Regimental number58813
Place of birthCampsie, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationMotor driver
AddressNewtown, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinWife, Mrs R I Leis, 134 Alice Street, Newtown, New South Wales
Previous military service13th Infantry
Enlistment date10 April 1918
Place of enlistmentCampsie, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th General Service (NSW) Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 July 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 5 September 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Andrew Richardson
Discharge date14 November 1919
Other details

War service, England, France (post-Armistice)

Medal: British War Medal
Date of death9 July 1948
Age at death52
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, LEIS Bernard Edwin

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