Leslie Joseph BATH

BATH, Leslie Joseph

Service Numbers: 1907, 1907A
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 Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial
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World War 1 Service

15 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1907, Perth, Western Australia
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)

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Biography 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)