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KERSWILL, Leo James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 220 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
28 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 220, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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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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