Leslie Philip WHYMAN

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Service Numbers:	5697, 5797
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Waratah, Tasmania, Australia, 6 February 1890
Home Town:	Waratah, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 5 October 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Waratah War Memorial

8 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 5697, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
8 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 5697, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Hobart
5 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 5797, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5797 awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-05

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Had previously been rejected from the military due to bad teeth. Was engaged to a lovely lady when he left for war.