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Leonard Roy SLADE

Regimental number3599
Place of birthGlenora, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressQueenstown, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, J Slade, Deloraine, Tasmania
Previous military service91st Infantry; Nil.
Enlistment date27 August 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll9 July 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 October 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 26 May 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBeacon Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 10), Sailly-Laurette, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Lydia SLADE, Deloraine, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsNil.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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