REDMAN, Leslie
| Service Number: | 3305 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 March 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goolwa, South Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Keith, Tatiara, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Kingston State School |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, near Bellicourt, France , 29 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Bellicourt British Cemetery Bellicourt British Cemetery, Bellicourt, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Keith War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3305, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 27 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 3305, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Malakuta embarkation_ship_number: A57 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 3305, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Malakuta, Adelaide | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3305, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Killed in action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
Leslie Redman was born in Goolwa in 1886, and attended school in Kingston. As an adult he worked as a grazier at Keith, in rural South Australia.His parents lived at Blackfrod Range.
He enlisted in the AIF on 28 March 1916 and shipped out for Europe in June. After a period of training in England he finally reached his unit, the 32nd Battalion, in February 1917. He fought with the 32nd Battalion through that unit's major engagements in 1917 and 1918: at Bapaume, Polygon Wood, Villers-Bretonneux and Amiens. At the final engagement, near Bellicourt in France, he was killed in action on 29 September 1918.
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