Leslie Hart HADDEN MM

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Service Number:	6526
Enlisted:	11 August 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Williamstown, Victoria, October 1888
Home Town:	St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria
Occupation:	Stud groom

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11 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6526, 8th Infantry Battalion
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6526, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6526, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
17 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion
7 Mar 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, Broodseinde Ridge, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty near ZONNEBEKE east of YPRES on 4th October, 1917. He made repeated trips through an enemy barrage to direct platoons into their assembly positions and when this was finished took the place of a fallen stretcher bearer and carried many wounded to the rear.
3 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6526, 8th Infantry Battalion, Gassed
22 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6526, 8th Infantry Battalion, medically unfit: diabetes mellitus

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