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Leslie James DAWSON

Regimental number1341
Place of birthTamworth, New South Wales
SchoolMoore Creek Public School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMacquarie Street, Tamworth, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Dawson, Macquarie Street, Tamworth, New South Wales
Enlistment date27 October 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 11 February 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1390
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 August 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death18.6
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot II, Row, B, Grave No. 20), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
28
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Annie DAWSON, 54 Elizabeth Street, Waterloo, Sydney. Native of Tamworth, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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