Leslie Athol DRAYTON

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Service Number:	6737
Enlisted:	28 June 1916, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Albert Park, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Spotswood, Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Shell wound to head, 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium, 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, Remy Siding, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium, 2 October 1917
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX. F. 19.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Footscray Town Hall Roll of Honour, Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board

28 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6737, 5th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6737, 5th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6737, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
12 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6737, 5th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound right leg
2 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6737, 5th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Shell wound head

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