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BATH, Leslie Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 1907, 1907A |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1915, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, 1 January 1895 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Boulder Central Public School |
| Occupation: | Shop assistant/Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds (gas), Boulogne, France, 6 November 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Also family memorial headstone - Fremantle Cemetery, Plot #208, Section BB, Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1907, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 29 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1907, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Apr 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1907, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1907, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 13 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1907, 28th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Leg | |
| 29 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1907A, 28th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Passchendaele , 2nd occasion (gas) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graham Padget
"DEATH FROM GAS. PTE. BATH.
Mrs. W. H. Bath, of 46 Wittenoom-street, Boulder, has just been notified that her brother-in-law, Leslie Bath, has died in France from gas poisoning. A brother, Henry Bath, son of Mrs. T. Bath, Fremantle, was killed ten months ago." - from the Kalgoorlie Miner 21 Nov 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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