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ELSO, Leslie Charles Thomas

Service Number:	1263
Enlisted:	12 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Yarraville, Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 18 April 1894
Home Town:	Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Chocolate Hill, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

12 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1263, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1263, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
2 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1263, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli

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