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Leslie Victor FARAGHER

Regimental number2634
Place of birthBloomfield Tasmania
SchoolState School, Drouin, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressDrouin, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, Thomas Faragher, Drouin, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date2 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 27 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 16 May 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death20.2
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialRue David Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No 23), Fleurbaix, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
50
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Elizabeth FARAGHER, Drouin, Victoria
Other details

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

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