Leslie ADAMS

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Service Number:	2101
Enlisted:	3 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 1987
Home Town:	Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

3 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2101, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
17 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2101, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
17 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2101, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2101, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the right knee
15 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2101, Shell shock
18 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2101, 14th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the back and right leg. Invalided to England on 22 May 1918
11 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2101, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Next of kin given as his brother John Adams of Maryborough, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 20 October 1918 aboard HT Borda disembaking on 15 December 1918 at Adelaide for onward travel to Melbourne

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

In Mach 1934 he was Leslie was residing in Glenpatrick, Victoria