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Leslie James BIRD

Regimental number487
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address'Exhall', Gladstone Street, Kogarah, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice Bird, Gladstone Street, Kogarah, New South Wales
Enlistment date1 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 12 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 3 September 1915
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Family/military connectionsBrother: 15 Lance Corporal George Hamilton BIRD, 1st Field Company Engineers, died of wounds, 9 August 1915.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Date of death20 May 1947

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