Leslie Percy BAXTER

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Service Number:	2233
Enlisted:	24 April 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Grong Grong, Narrandera, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Teamster
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial, Row C, Grave 6 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Narrandera WW1 War Memorial

24 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2233, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
16 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2233, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
16 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2233, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney

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Next of k in given as his uncle John Thompson of 'Chelsea', Grong Grong, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal