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WILLOUGHBY, Leslie
| Service Number: | 6035 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Circumstances of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Houghton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 6035, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 6035, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
Leslie Willoughby's place of birth was Inglewood South Australia his hometown was in Plympton South Australia. His job before the war was a farmer and labourer. His mother Mrs E A Willoughby was his next of kin.
His enlistment date was 11 of April 1916 and he embarked from Adelaide, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on August 1916 and he returned back to Australia on 14 January 1919 the unit the person served with was the 10th Battalion 19th reinforcement.
He arrived in England in 18/12/1916 and marched out to France on 22/12/1916
And Leslie Willougby was wounded at war in September 8 1918 and arrived in hospital in September 17 1918. He never recovered and his service record states that he was invalided.
He returned to Australia from York 14/1/1919 and was later discharged 3/4/1919.