Leo James KERSWILL

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Service Number:	220
Enlisted:	28 August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 18 August 1893
Home Town:	Norman Park, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Hide & Skin cleaner
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Panel 31
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ipswich Salsbury Great War Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

28 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 220, Brisbane, Queensland
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 220, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 220, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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