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TELFORD, Leonard William

Service Number:	4937
Enlisted:	20 December 1915, Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Farrier
Last Unit:	12th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, November 1891
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Bendigo Marist Brothers
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Bomb dropped by plane, Bapaume, France, 5 April 1917
Cemetery:	Bapaume Communal Cemetery, France Bapaume Communal Cemetery, Bapaume, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

20 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4937, Bendigo, Victoria
14 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4937, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
14 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4937, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
19 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Farrier, 12th Machine Gun Company
5 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Farrier, 4937, 12th Machine Gun Company, Dernancourt/Ancre, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4937 awm_unit: 12th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Farrier awm_died_date: 1917-04-05

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