Leonard Frederick BYSH

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BYSH, Leonard Frederick

Service Number:	897
Enlisted:	4 January 1916, Perth, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Watford, England, September 1888
Home Town:	Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Subiaco Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Subiaco Jolimont Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

4 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 897, Perth, Western Australia
6 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 897, 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 897, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 897, 44th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...897 Private Leonard Frederick Bysh, 44th Battalion... Pte Bysh was a labourer from Subiaco, WA prior to enlistment and embarked with the Machine Gun Section from Fremantle on HMAT Suevic on 6 June 1916. Later promoted to Sergeant, he was killed in action in Belgium on 4 October 1917 and, having no known grave, he is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium. His brother-in-law, 3012 Driver Walter Gordon Bone (/explore/people/64324), died of illness on 28 October 1918..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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