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Leslie MOGG

Regimental number2901
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Address469 Latrobe Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 6"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinBrother, C Mogg, 469 Latrobe Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date5 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Makarini on 15 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll60th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 21), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
170
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined 8th Bn, Gallipoli, 7 December 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 7 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Admitted to 2nd Field Ambulance, Serapeum, 19 February 1916 (pyrexia); transferred to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 20 February 1916; discharged to duty, 24 February 1916.

Transferred to 60th Bn, 24 February 1916.

Found guilty, Ferry Post, 4 April 1916, of disobedience of orders, viz. on line of march throwing orange peel down when halted: forfeited 2 days' pay.

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

Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

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

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