Leslie Alfred BAILEY

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Service Number:	5030
Enlisted:	28 July 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 1 June 1894
Home Town:	Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Hawkesbury State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 18 August 1916, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

28 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5030, 8th Infantry Battalion
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5030, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5030, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
18 Aug 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 5030, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5030 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-18

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