Leslie Dix HUMPHRIES

HUMPHRIES, Leslie Dix

Service Number: 2616
Enlisted: 17 June 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Machine Gun Company
Born: Oberon, New South Wales, 23 January 1887
Home Town: Oberon, Oberon, New South Wales
Schooling: Oberon Public School
Occupation: Foreman of Buildings
Died: Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France, 19 August 1916, aged 29 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Oberon Shire Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

17 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2616, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales
9 Aug 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2616, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
9 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2616, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
4 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2616, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
19 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2616, 1st Machine Gun Company, Battle for Pozières

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