Leslie James UPTON

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Service Number:	5437
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Portland, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Portland, Glenelg, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Fisherman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Portland WW1 Honour Roll, Portland War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

1 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5437, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5437, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Melbourne

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Son of Robert Evan Upton and Louisa Matilda Upton of 'Cora Lynn' South Portland, Victoria

Previously served in the Naval Reserves, Williamstown, Victoria, for over three years.

30 December 1915 - enlisted at Melbourne with the 24th Battalion with the rank of Private.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal