Leslie Jack SMITH

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Service Number:	661
Enlisted:	1 October 1914, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Findley, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Pastrycook
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 May 1915
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Special Memorial, Row B, Grave 7 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hampton RSL Gallipoli Memorial Gardens

1 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 661, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement 661, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked 661, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
27 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 661, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 661 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-27

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Son of John Leslie Smith of 3 Adair Street, Ballarat, Victoria

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

Also served in the City of Ballarat Rifles

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