Leonard BASNETT

Badge Number: 3609, Sub Branch: Gawler
3609

BASNETT, Leonard

Service Number: 723
Enlisted: 1 November 1914
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Adelaide, SA, 2 March 1889
Home Town: Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Manager / Farmer
Died: Gawler, SA, 24 December 1955, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Cremation only
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World War 1 Service

20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 723, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 723, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
1 Nov 1914: Enlisted
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Lieutenant, 723, 10th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

8 Jul 1940: Enlisted Melb, VIC

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Biography

Son of George Dodsworth BASNETT and Emily Ada nee MADDOCK

Discharged from AIF 07 January 1916

Granted Commission in Imperial Army

Approved 2nd Lieutenant

Posted to the 9th Royal West Survey Regiment England, 29 April 1916