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Leslie Charlton MORRIS

Regimental number2743
Place of birthBrighton, Victoria
ReligionBaptist
OccupationGrocer
Address353 Cotham Road, East Kew, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Morris, 353 Cotham Road, East Kew, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets, Kew, and for 12 months in Yarra Borderers, citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment. Previously rejected for AIF on account of teeth.
Enlistment date17 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 27 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 17), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
168
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Allotted to and proceeded to join 57th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 23 February 1916.

Transferred to 59th Bn, and taken on strength, 15 March 1916.

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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, MORRIS Leslie Charlton

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