Ernest Leonard LEES

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Service Numbers:	3239, 3240
Enlisted:	21 September 1914, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	1st Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	Staffordshire, England, 1892
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, Egypt, 13 June 1915
Cemetery:	Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot 1, Row J, Grave Rev. J. Green officiated, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

21 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 3239, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Gunner, 3240, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Gunner, 3240, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Borda, Melbourne
12 Jun 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 3239, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3239 awm_unit: 1st Australian Divisional Ammunition Column awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1915-06-12

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Son of Luke Lees of 27 Show Street, Lichfield, England. Brother Edith Lees and Alfred Lees of the above address

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal