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GOW, Leslie Essington
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4033 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 February 1916, Dubbo, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Obley, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Obley, Cabonne, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Toxaemia & Debility to Suppurating Gunshot, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Sydney, NSW, 14 February 1943 |
| Cemetery: |
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW A13 - Anglican FMonumental 13, Position 237 |
| Memorials: | Obley War Memorial, Urana Shire Great War Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4033, 30th Infantry Battalion, Dubbo, NSW | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 4033, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 4033, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of David Dunstan GOW and Mary Jane nee ASHBY, Obley, New South Wales
The death occurred at Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, last week of Mr. Leslie Essington Gow, late of Rawsonville. Mr. Gow served with the AIF in World War l, and was severely wounded in 1917. The greater part of his life since his return to Australia had been spent in hospitals. A widow and four adult children survive. Burial was made at Botany cemetery.