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BLANDFORD, Leslie Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1714 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 9 February 1891 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Cemetery & Memorial, Plot: Find Resting Place-Unknown. Name Listed on Panel 45 of the memorial (Ref: 'Find a Grave'), Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1714, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
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| 8 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1714, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane |
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