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SWIFT, Leslie Alfred

Service Number:	2158
Enlisted:	24 March 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Not yet discovered
Home Town:	Northcote, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Jockey
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 14 August 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen St Sever Cemetery, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

24 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2158, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
23 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2158, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
23 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2158, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Borda, Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

He served under the alias of William Alfred Smith and was only 16 years old when he died.