Leslie Horace WYATT

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Service Number:	2157
Enlisted:	20 June 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kentishbury, England, May 1896
Home Town:	Sheffield, Kentish, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 9 June 1917
Cemetery:	Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row S, Grave 5
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural, Municipality of Kentish Honour Roll, Sheffield War Memorial

20 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2157, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
23 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2157, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
23 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2157, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Melbourne
5 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2157, 40th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW right thigh - died of wounds

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9 June 1916 - Parents sign consent form for enlistment in the AIF

15 December 1916 - Mumps

7 February 1917 - Taken on strength, 40 Battalion

9 June 1917 - Wounded in action, gunshot wound to right thigh

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal