Leonard Allen PACKER

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Service Number:	2859
Enlisted:	1 November 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mundalla, South Australia, 11 November 1894
Home Town:	Mundulla, Tatiara, South Australia
Schooling:	Mundalla Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 31 July 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bordertown Men who Enlisted from Mundalla Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Mundulla Methodist Church Honor Roll, Mundulla Soldiers Memorial Honour Roll, Mundulla War Memorial

1 Nov 1916:	Enlisted
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2859, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2859, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide

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