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YOUMAN, Leslie William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1286 |
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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 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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
5 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1286, 33rd Infantry Battalion, 12 months 5th Aust Light Horse | |
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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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