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Leslie ATWELL

Regimental number3232
Place of birthSouth Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDriver
Address17 Raglan Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs P Attwell, 17 Haglan Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets.
Enlistment date12 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 11 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 28 July 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Name spelled ATTWELL on Nominal Roll.
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death20.11
Place of burialPuchervillers British Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave 40), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
45
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Phoebe Ann ATTWELL (as spelt), 17 Raglan Street, South Melbourne, Victoria

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