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BUMFORD, Leslie Joseph

Service Number:	3927
Enlisted:	7 September 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stonor, Tasmania, Australia, July 1895
Home Town:	Flinders Island, Tasmania
Schooling:	State School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Hit by shell, France, 19 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Flinders Island Cenotaph, Lady Barron Flinders Municipality War Memorial, Oatlands Soldiers Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

7 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3927, 12th Infantry Battalion
24 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3927, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
24 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3927, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of H E Bumford, Flinders Island, Tasmania