Albert Leslie CHENEY

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Service Number:	2703
Enlisted:	14 November 1916, Armidale, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Saumarez Ponds, New South Wales, 1892
Home Town:	Saumarez, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Schooling:	Saumarez Ponds State School
Occupation:	Fitter
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 18 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Armidale Ben Venue Public School Roll of Honour, Armidale Memorial Fountain, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

14 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2703, Armidale, New South Wales
17 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2703, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2703, 33rd Infantry Battalion, SS Napier, Sydney
18 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2703, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres

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