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Leonard SAMES

Regimental number652
Place of birthBow, London, England
SchoolMaryland Point, Stratford, London, England
Age on arrival in Australia17
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressRupanyup, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs L Sames, 13 Credon Road, Plaistow, England
Enlistment date17 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll1 October 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, E Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied in General Hospital Heliapolis, Cairo, Egypt.
FateDied of wounds 7 September 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 93), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
74
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick and Lydia SAMES, 13 Credon Road, Upton Park, London, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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