Leslie Victor BROOKS

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Service Number:	2857
Enlisted:	13 August 1915, Holdsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, October 1893
Home Town:	Stanmore, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Redfern Superior Public School
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 21 September 1917
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot 24, Row F Grave 12A
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

13 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2857, 18th Infantry Battalion, Holdsworthy, NSW
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 2857, 18th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 2857, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
21 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 2857, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2857 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-21

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Son of Emily and the late Alfred Brooks, of 99, Cavendish St., Stanmore, Sydney, New South Wales.

SOME TIME, SOME DAY OUR EYES SHALL SEE THE FACES WE HOLD IN MEMORY