Leslie Norman MCLAREN

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Service Number:	2642
Enlisted:	16 June 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 23 August 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

16 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2642, 8th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
15 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2642, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2642, 8th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne
7 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2642, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, TOS
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2642, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2642, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres
14 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2642, 8th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Hazebrouck
23 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2642, 8th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Killed in action during the attack on Chuignes

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