Leslie King FLY

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Service Number:	4190
Enlisted:	7 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Bendigo Central School No.1976, Sandhurst Grammar School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, Vecquemont, France, 10 August 1918
Cemetery:	Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 21, Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Daours, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Central School Honor Roll, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4190, 6th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
29 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4190, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4190, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4190, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
14 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4190, 6th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
10 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4190, 6th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, GSW to chest sustained near Lihons. Evacuated to 53rd CCS at Vecquemont, however died of wounds same day.

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Brother: 4495 Corporal John Alan FLY MM, 6th Bn, returned to Australia, 12 May 1919;

Cousin: 4226 Sergeant Harold Detley KAHLAND, 6th Bn, killed in action, 4 October 1917