Leslie Vivian Smith YATES

YATES, Leslie Vivian Smith

    Service Number: 2050
    Enlisted: 29 January 1915, Atherton, Queensland
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 49th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Mortlake, Victoria, Australia, 1889
    Home Town: Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2050, Atherton, Queensland
    16 Apr 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2050, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
    16 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2050, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
    22 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2050, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    27 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, From 9th Battalion
    19 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 49th Infantry Battalion
    22 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2050, 49th Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James Yates and Emily Amelia Yates nee Baker of Caulfield East, Victoria formelry of Mortlake, Victoria

    Returned to Australia on 23 March 1919 aboard HT Ceramic

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

    During 1932c Leslie married Selina Bell in Waverley, NSW

    In 1962 he was residing in Suffolk Street, Paddington, NSW

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