WATERS, Leslie
| Service Number: | 2993 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 July 1916, Goulburn, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Burrawang, Wingecarribee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Hangard Communal Extension Cemetery I E 6 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burrawang War Memorial, Moss Vale & District Pictorial Honour Roll, Moss Vale RSL War Memorial, Moss Vale War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2993, 55th Infantry Battalion, Goulburn, NSW | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2993, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2993, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
| 15 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 2993, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2993 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Henry and Agnes Jane Waters, of Burradoo, New South Wales.
BELOVED SON OF W.H. & A.J.WATERS BURRADOO, N.S.W "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH"
Mr. W. H, Waters, Government Fruit Expert, Burradoo, has been advised by the military authorities that his son, Private Leslie Waters, was killed in action in France on the l5th April last. Private Waters, who was attached to a machine gun section, sailed from Australia in October, 1916, consequently bad seen a good deal ot the fighting. He had been wounded on a previous occasion, but had returned to the front only to meet his death in one ol the recent battles. A fine manly young fellow, Private Waters was most popular as a soldier and in his life in this district before he volunteered to serve in the interests of his country. Be was 22 years of age. Mr. Waters' eldest son, who bad previously enlisted, died in Liverpool camp from pneumonia in July, 1915, and much sympathy is felt for him in the double loss that he has now sustained.
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