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Lionel Ephraim SLATER

Regimental number74
Date of birth12 April 1892
Place of birthSt Peters, South Australia
SchoolEast Adelaide Public School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDriver
AddressTorrens Street, St Peters, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emily Slater, Torrens Street, St Peters, South Australia
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name3rd Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/8/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 22 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Light Horse Regiment
FateReturned to Australia 9 September 1916
Discharge date3 September 1917
Family/military connectionsBrother: 212 WO II Herbert Allan SLATER, 1st Light Horse, returned to Australia, 13 October 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Contracted illness; invalided to England, 7 November 1915; thence to Australia. Discharged as medically unfit.

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

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