Raymond Leslie RANGER

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Service Number:	2386
Enlisted:	25 May 1916, Rockhampton, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maryborough, Queensland, 26 May 1897
Home Town:	Yeppoon, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Hamilton Creek State School
Occupation:	Dairy farm labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Gracemere Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Yeppoon War Memorial

25 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2386, Rockhampton, Queensland
21 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2386, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2386, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2386, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge

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