THOMASSON, Leslie Cunliffe
| Service Number: | 6400 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 September 1916, Warnambool, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Camberwell Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Teller |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 12 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot X, Row B, Grave 5, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camberwell War Memorial, MCC Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918 - Melbourne Cricket Club |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6400, 24th Infantry Battalion, Warnambool, Victoria | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6400, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6400, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 28 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 66th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 66th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Aug 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 6400, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6400 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Leslie Cunliffe THOMASSON was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1894
His parents were John Cunliffe THOMASSON and Jessie MURDISON who married on 24th January, 1884 in the Chalmers Church Manse in East Melbourne
He had previous service with the Senior Cadets for 1 year and the C Forces for 1 year before he enlisted in Warnambool on 27th September, 1916 and embarked with the 24th Infantry Battalion, 18th Reinforcements on the ship HMAT Hororato which left Melbourne on 23rd November, 1916
Leslie was Killed in Action in France on 12th August, 1918 and is buried in the Villers Bretonneux Military Cemetery
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Camberwell War Memorial in Victoria - he is also commemorated at the Burwood Cemetery in Victoria
Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal
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