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LESSING, Emil Mac Ernest

Service Number:	51401
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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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
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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Biography contributed by Pam Hamilton

Change of Name by deed poll 31 October 1919 to Leslie Eric Lessing