Leslie Alfred DIGHT

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Service Number:	3756
Enlisted:	13 August 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Melbourne, Victoria, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Barman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 9 April 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Hermies British Cemetery Hermies British Cemetery, Hermies, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Copmanhurst & Upper Clarence War Memorial

13 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1
30 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3756, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
30 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3756, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney
9 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3756, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3756 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-09

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Leslie Alfred DIGHT was born in 1890 in West Melbourne, Victoria

His parents were Robert James DIGHT and Louisa Eleanor SMITH

He enlisted on 13th August, 1915 with the 2nd Australian Infantry Battalion - S/N 3756

Unit embarked from Sydney on HMAT Medic on 30th December, 1915

He was killed in action on 9th April, 1917 in France

Buried Hermies British Cemetery, France