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BAWDEN (BOWDEN), Leslie Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4344 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Stroud, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Stroud, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, March 1960, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales Interred in the Methodist Section on the 19 March 1960, Row D9, Grave 0010 |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4344, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 15 May 1915: | Involvement 4344, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 May 1915: | Embarked 4344, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, RMS Mooltan, Sydney | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance | |
| 6 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Field Ambulance, Taken on strength at Ismailia | |
| 17 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4344, 15th Field Ambulance, Gassed and transported to England on the 22 October 1917 | |
| 31 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4344, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of ennlistment was Williamstown, NSW
Son of John Robert and Sarah Elizabeth Bowden of Tellegery via Stroud, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 15 February 1918 on board HT Llanstephen Castle disembarking on the 16 April 1918
During 1925 Leslie married Doreen Smith in the Gosford area, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal