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Leslie SANDERS

Regimental number3323
Place of birthHyde Park, South Australia
SchoolPublic School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationTelephone mechanic
Address8 Westall Street, Hyde Park, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emma Sanders, 8 Westall Street, Hyde Park, South Australia
Enlistment date2 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 12 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 22 August 1916
Place of death or woundingSomme, France
Date of death13 August 1916
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery (Plot B, Row 31, Grave No. 5), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
111
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Emma SANDERS, Hyde Park, Unley, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother Arnold Earnest Sanders in the Navy.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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