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LESSING, Emil Mac Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 51401 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 February 1918, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 2nd General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp 20 April 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mordialloc Victoria, Victoria, Australia, 3 September 1899 |
| Home Town: | Moorabbin, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Chelsea State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Dispatch Clerk |
| Died: | Natural Causes, 8 April 1976, aged 76 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Feb 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51401, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 2nd General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp 20 April 1918 | |
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| 1 May 1918: | Involvement Private, 51401, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1918: | Embarked Private, 51401, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 3 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, Allocated to reinforce 24th Battalion from 5th Training Battalion UK | |
| 4 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 24th Battalion in the field France | |
| 5 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 51401, 24th Infantry Battalion, Montbrehain | |
| 22 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 51401, 24th Infantry Battalion, RTA 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment on HT Ulysses | |
| 25 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 51401, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment |
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Change of Name by deed poll 31 October 1919 to Leslie Eric Lessing