Leo Clifton DE VERE

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Service Number:	2620
Enlisted:	5 August 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Taree, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Coogee, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Groom
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

5 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2620, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 2620, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 2620, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
14 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion, From 18th Battalion
29 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion
15 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2620, 13th Infantry Battalion, self inflicted wound to the abdomen. Found guilty at a trial held in the field
15 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2620, 13th Infantry Battalion, self inflicted wound to the abdomen. Found guilty at a trial held in the field
12 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2620, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Alfred Albert De Vere and Clara De Vere of Aberon Street, Coogee, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard HT Port MacQuarie disembarking on 26 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Leo married Dorothy E. Waldon in Randwick, NSW