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Leslie William YOUMAN

Regimental number1286
Place of birthBlack Mountain, New South Wales
SchoolBlack Mountain Public School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressBlack Mountain, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, W Youman, Black Mountain, New South Wales
Enlistment date5 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
Unit name33rd Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/50/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A74 Marathon on 4 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll33rd Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 30706 (28 May 1918); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 165 (24 October 1918).

Other details from Roll of Honour CircularMentioned in Desptaches.
FateKilled in Action 14 April 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialCrucifix Corner Cemetery (Plot V, Row E, Grave 23), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
123
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Lily Elizabeth YOUMAN
Family/military connectionsUncle: 2425 James YOUMAN, 55th Bn, killed in action, Bullecourt, France, 30 September 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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