William SLEE

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Service Number:	989
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Middlesborough, Yorkeshire, England, 1880
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Richmond Hill Board School, England
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 16, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 989, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 989, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 989, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
2 May 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 989, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 989 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-02

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Arrived in Australia aged 28 Years

Son of John Slee address unknown possibly 6 Barmouth Street, Balm Road, Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkeshire, England

Next of kin given as Mrs Gribben of 12 Parkside Road. Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England. Relationship to William is unknown

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to W.J. Slee of England

Served in the West Yorkeshire Regiment for 12 years including a time in South Africa Boer War