Leonard Frank DOBSON

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Service Number:	769
Enlisted:	23 March 1915
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bush Hill Park, Enfield, Middlesex, England, December 1891
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Westbury School, Barking, Essex, England
Occupation:	Sailor
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

23 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 769, 24th Infantry Battalion
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 769, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 769, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
5 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 24th Infantry Battalion
16 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 24th Infantry Battalion
3 May 1917:	Involvement Sergeant, 769, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 769 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-05-03

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