Leslie Thomas BAWDEN (BOWDEN)

BAWDEN (BOWDEN), Leslie Thomas

Service Number: 4344
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
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World War 1 Service

16 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4344, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
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

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Biography 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