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CROSSLEY, Lester Douglas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2878 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 September 1915, Holsworthy, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hillston, New South Wales, 13 March 1889 |
| Home Town: | Booligal, Hay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Bambra Public School, Geelong |
| Occupation: | Station overseer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 24 July 1916, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bambra Honor Roll For God, King and Country, Bambra Roll of Honor, Bambra School Honour Roll, Hillston Memorial Park Gates, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2878, Holsworthy, New South Wales | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2878, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2878, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 14 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2878, 4th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Embarkation Roll (www.awm.gov.au) incorrectly records Christian name as Leslie
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