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MCLAREN, Leslie Norman
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2642 |
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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) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2642, 8th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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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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