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BARRAUD, Leslie Victor
Personal Details
Service Number: | 282 |
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Enlisted: | 17 January 1916, Charters Towers, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 11th Machine Gun Company |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, 1896 |
Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
Schooling: | Mount Carmel Christian Brothers College |
Occupation: | Locomotive engine cleaner |
Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 30 September 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium, Hooge Crater Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Townsville Railway Station Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 282, Charters Towers, Queensland | |
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16 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 282, 11th Machine Gun Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
16 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 282, 11th Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
20 Jan 1917: | Wounded Private, 282, 11th Machine Gun Company, Shell shock | |
29 Sep 1917: | Wounded Private, 282, 11th Machine Gun Company, Polygon Wood, 2nd occasion - GSW (legs) | |
30 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 282, 11th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 282 awm_unit: 44th Company Australian Machine Gun Corps awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-30 |
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