SLATTERY, Leo Daniel
| Service Number: | 3612 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 May 1917, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, April 1899 |
| Home Town: | Thebarton (Southwark), City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stableboy |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New) |
World War 1 Service
| 25 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3612, 9th Light Horse Regiment, at Adelaide | |
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| 2 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 3612, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 3612, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 24 Mar 1919: | Discharged Private, 3612, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Returned to Australia on 10th July 1919 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide High School
Leo Daniel Slattery was born in 1899, North Adelaide, South Australia. He had a father, mother, and brother. He was a stable boy with hazel eyes who weighed 45kg and was 5'2 by the age of 18.
He enlisted in May 1917, claiming he was 18. He left Australia in November and reached his regiment in the Middle East on 2 February 1918. After a brief stay in hospital he survived the war unscathed.
He was issued the British War Medal, and Victory Medal, but he was advised to return to Australia due to Next of Kin. One of his relatives were likely injured leading to the return. He returned to Australia on the 10th of July 1919 along with his father, and on the 19th, his brother returned to Australia.