Leslie William YOUMAN MID

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Service Number:	1286
Enlisted:	5 January 1916, 12 months 5th Aust Light Horse
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Black Mountain, New South Wales, Australia, August 1895
Home Town:	Black Mountain, Guyra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Black Mountain Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Villers Bretonneaux, France, 14 April 1918
Cemetery:	Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Picardie Plot V, Row E, Grave 23, Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Armidale Memorial Fountain, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Guyra District Great War Honour Roll

5 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1286, 33rd Infantry Battalion, 12 months 5th Aust Light Horse
4 May 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1286, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 1286, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
23 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1286, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), GSW to right arm
20 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 33rd Infantry Battalion
24 Oct 1918:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Villers-Bretonneux, Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 30706 (28 May 1918); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 165 (24 October 1918).

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