David Leslie BILSON

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Service Number:	2858
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mooroopna, Victoria, 1888
Home Town:	Tara, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Undera State School & Wesley College
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium , 9 June 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Tara Shire WW1 Roll of Honor

27 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2858, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2858, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane

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