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Ambrose Leslie George TRAVERS

Regimental number5745
Place of birthMount Pleasant New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarmer
AddressGilgandra, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, N Travers, Gilgandra, New South Wales
Enlistment date5 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 3 May 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Noted Ambrose Leslie NR
Age at death from cemetery records23
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
38
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Gilgandra Cemetery, New South Wales. Headstone inscription reasds: 'A young life nobly ended'.
Family/military connectionsBrother: 6409 Pte Nicholas John TRAVERS, 3rd Bn, returned to Australia, 31 January 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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