Leslie James SIMONS

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Service Number:	4809
Enlisted:	11 January 1916, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Tempe Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Tanner
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

11 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4809, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
13 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4809, 18th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4809, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
28 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4809, 18th Infantry Battalion, Multiple wounds, both legs, back and right arm. Invalided to England on 6 March 1917

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Son of William Arthur Simons and Maria Lydia Simons of 54 Barden Street, Cooks River, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal