Leslie Edward DAW

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DAW, Leslie Edward

Service Number:	4773
Enlisted:	9 July 1915, Ballarat, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Urquhart Street State School, Ballarat, Victoria
Occupation:	Maltster
Died:	Killed in Action, Strazeele, France, 1 August 1918
Cemetery:	Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 1
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat City Fire Brigade WWI Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

9 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4773, 8th Infantry Battalion, Ballarat, Vic.
7 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4773, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4773, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
14 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4773, 8th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
14 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4773, 8th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Hazebrouck
1 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4773, 8th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front"

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

A maltster from Ballarat West, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Daw embarked with the 15th Reinforcements from Melbourne aboard HMAT Wiltshire on 7 March 1916.

On 1 August 1918 he was killed in action at Strazeele, France, aged 30.

His brother, 2043 Corporal William Daw, 9th Company, Army Service Corps, had previously died of wounds on 17 August 1915 in Egypt.

Source: AWM

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