WARD, Leslie William
| Service Number: | 3154 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 October 1916, Warrnambool, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nirranda, Victoria, December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Cobden, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Cobden State School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Broodseinde, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3154, Warrnambool, Victoria | |
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| 19 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3154, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3154, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3154, 37th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...3154 Private Leslie William Ward, 37th Battalion from Carpendiet, Victoria. A 21 year old farmer prior to enlisting on 25 October 1916, he embarked for overseas with the 7th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 19 February 1917 aboard HMAT Ballarat. He served with the 37th Battalion in France and Belgium where he was killed in action at Passchendaele on 4 October 1917. Pte Ward is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres, Belgium with others who have no known grave. His brother, 3190 Pte Frederick John Ward, also of the 37th Battalion died of wounds near Amiens, France on 13 June 1918." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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