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SHILLINGFORD, Leonard James

Service Number:	1733
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Not yet discovered
Home Town:	Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 6 August 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hindmarsh Federated Brick, Tile & Pottery Industrial Union Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

1 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1733, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1733, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
6 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 1733, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1733 awm_unit: 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-06

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