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Leslie McNiel CARRAILL

Regimental number3780
Place of birthTungkillo, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressKensington, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Ann Carraill, 24 Bishop Place, Kensington, South Australia
Enlistment date31 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 21 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 3 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row B, Grave no. 3) France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
120
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Margaret CARRAILL, 53 Regent Street, Kensington, South Australia. Gorn at Tungkillo, South Australia. Commemorated in North Road Church of England Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia.~
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1948 Driver Alexander Lawrence CARRAILL, 14th Field Artillery Brigade, died of wounds, 8 August 1918; 2374 Pte Stanley James CARRAILL, 19th Bn, killed in action, 14 November 1916. [S.J. CARRAILL might be a cousin, not a brother.]
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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