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TIBBETT, Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3243 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 October 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Lijssenthoek, Belgium, 3 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XX, Row D, Grave No. 5A, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Eaglehawk Uniting Church Honour Board and Memorial Windows |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3243, 60th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3243, 60th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 3243, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 1 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion, Belgium | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3243, 46th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood | |
| 1 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3243, 46th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, SW to both legs (right leg severed) sustained in the line near Zonnebeke. Evacuated to 17th CCS then situated at Lijssenthoek, where he died of his wounds two days later on 3 October 1917. | |
| 3 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 3243, 46th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3243 awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Pte 3243 Leslie Tibbett sustained SW to both legs (right leg severed) while in the line near Zonnebeke. He was evacuated to the 17th CCS then situated at Lijssenthoek, where he died of his wounds two days later on 3 October 1917.
Parents: Charles and Elizabeth TIBBETT, 48 Stirling Street, Footscray, Victoria. Native of Eaglehawk, Victoria.
Commemorated in Eaglehawk Cemetery, Victoria. Headstone inscription reads: 'He answered his country's call.' Parents: Charles (d. 28 February 1915, aged 60; bu. Eaglehawk Cemetery) and Elizabeth TIBBETT (d. 6 March 1937, aged 78; bu. Eaglehawk Cemetery).
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