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Leslie DURLACKER

Regimental number2363
SchoolTivoli House School, Gravesend, England
Age on arrival in Australia16
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinGrandparent, Mrs Julia Kezzar, 10 Cambridge Gardens, Cambridge Avenue, Kilburn, London, England
Enlistment date12 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Machine Gun Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was a Boy Scout in England for some years before going to Australia.
FateDied of disease 16 February 1919
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Spelt Leslie Durlacher on NR
Place of death or woundingDied at The Australian General Hospital from pneumonia Sutton Veny, Warminster, Wiltshire, England.
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialWillesden Jewish Cemetery (Block K), Middlesex.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
176
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Rose Janeth DURLACHER. Born in London
Family/military connectionsFirst cousin to Leonard Keyzor VC.

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