BOULLY, Leslie
| Service Number: | 1984 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Wesley College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Pearler |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 5 August 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Messines Ridge British Cemetery Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium. V. A. 5. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1984, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 26 Apr 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1984, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Aug 1917: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-08-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
On leaving school he, with a mate, went into the far north of Queensland seeking adventure and a career. Leslie became noted as a fine horseman and smart cattle man. He was a first-class bushman, and one of the most popular fellows. He was best known on the Valley of Lagoons, near Charters Towers, where he was held in the highest esteem for his many good qualities as a bushman and a gentleman. Later, Lieutenant Boully, attracted by the unconventional freedom of the "Nor West" joined a relative in the pearling industry at Broome, West Australia. While he was getting an insight into the adventurous pearling life, he hurried off to Perth to enlist in the 16th Battalion (WA).
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