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Leslie Malcolm BLACK

Regimental number1913
Place of birthJunee New South Wales
SchoolHigh School, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFireman
AddressCare, of A Swan James, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emma Black Camberwell, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 1 January 1917
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Date of death1 January 1917
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialBulls road Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 30), Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
28
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Emma Jane BLACK, 14 Swan Street, Richmond, Victoria. Native of Junee, New South Wales

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