Leslie Harold REARDON

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REARDON, Leslie Harold

Service Number:	4014
Enlisted:	19 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia, 3 May 1892
Home Town:	Bothwell, Central Highlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Bothwell State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 19 August 1916, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval Plot 3, Row B, Grave 14 (remains discovered 1936), London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bothwell War Memorial, Men of Bothwell Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4014, 12th Infantry Battalion
24 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 4014, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
24 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 4014, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Les Reardon enlisted with his brother Claude in the 12th Battalion. He was buried by an trench collapse under heavy shellfire at Mouquet Farm. His brother was present and helped to try and dig him out. He was reported as missing for almost 12 months.

His remains were found by the Commonwealth War Graves during 1936, almost 20 years after his death, and confirmed by the discovery of his identity disc which was returned to Australia for the family.

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