Leslie Oscar ROLLINS

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ROLLINS, Leslie Oscar

Service Number:	4596
Enlisted:	20 September 1915, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 23 December 1895
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Ironmonger
Died:	Killed in Action, Noreuil, France, 2 April 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Vaulx Hill Cemetery Plot I Row G Grave 2
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

20 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Claremont, Tasmania
8 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4596, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
8 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4596, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
2 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4596, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4596 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-02

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Biography

"...4596 Private Leslie Oscar Rollins.., 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion, of Hobart, Tas. Pte Rollins enlisted on 20 September 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Warilda on 8 February 1916. On 2 April 1917 he was killed in action at Noreuil in the Bapaume area of France, aged twenty. Leslie's grandfather (his next of kin) states on his Roll of Honour circular that "He was a smart, earnest, christian young man. Rejected four times, he put himself into training, made himself fit and passed on the fifth examination." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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