AUSTIN, Leslie Douglas
| Service Number: | 3772 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 September 1915, 7th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | York, Western Australia, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Wickepin, Wickepin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Alfred Cove, Western Australia, 5 July 1981, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Merredin and Districts Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3772, 28th Infantry Battalion, 7th Reinforcements | |
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| 12 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 3772, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 3772, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 2 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 12 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 4 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 3772, 10th Light Horse Regiment, per Oxfordshire | |
| 9 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 3772, 10th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Leslie was the sixth of seven children of Henry (Harry) David Austin (born 1856 in York, Western Auistralia) and Amelia Ann Nelson (born 1867 in York, Western Australia). Leslie's two older brothers - Henry Ernest and Edward Ruthven also served in WWI, Henry KIA in France in 1918.
Leslie was a 17 year old Farm labourer in York, Western Australia when he enlisted in the AIF, stating his age as 21 years. He served initially as a Private with 28th Battalion 7th Reinforcements, then as a Trooper with the 10th Light Horse Regiment (Service No: 3772). Leslie was Discharged in September 1919.
Returning to Western Australia, Leslie married Myrtle Fielding Edmiston (born 1898 in Fremantle, WA) in 1920 and they settled in Northam, Western Australia. Leslie was a Farmer in Narrogin, WA then moved to Cottelsoe, WA by 1949 where he was a Greenkeeper. He and Myrtle retired to Alfred Cove in Western Australia in 1959, where Leslie died in 1981 and Myrtle in 1985
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