Place of birth | Brunswick, Victoria |
School | Christian Brothers (Catholic) College, Victoria |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Civil servant |
Address | Geraldine, Patterson Street, Abbotsford, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, P Fitzgerald, Geraldine, Patterson Street, Abbotsford, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served as a Lieutenant in the 55th Battalion, Citizen Military Forces, Collingwood, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 5th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/22/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Given names listed on Nominal Roll as Leslie Emmett |
Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Deville Wood Cemetery (Plot XIII, Row R, Grave No. 7), Longueval, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 43 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Patrick and Katherine FITZGERALD, 42 Abbotsford Street, Abbotsford, Victoria |