Leslie George FAINT MC

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Service Numbers:	417, N393260
Enlisted:	2 January 1916, Armidale, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	31 Garrison Battalion (NSW)
Born:	Armidale, New South Wales, 15 February 1894
Home Town:	Kellys Plains, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Schooling:	Kellys Plains School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Natural causes, Inverell, New South Wales, 20 November 1977, aged 83 years
Cemetery:	Inverell Cemetery, NSW Row 1, Lot 10
Memorials:	Armidale Memorial Fountain

2 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 417, Armidale, New South Wales
4 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 417, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
4 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 417, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
11 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 417, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines
7 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 33rd Infantry Battalion
3 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 33rd Infantry Battalion
12 Apr 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 33rd Infantry Battalion
17 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 33rd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, 2nd occasion (gassed)
22 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 33rd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", 3rd occasion - GSW (thigh)
22 Aug 1918:	Honoured Military Cross, "The Last Hundred Days"
2 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 33rd Infantry Battalion

22 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Lieutenant, N393260, Paddington, New South Wales
22 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, N393260
12 Sep 1944:	Discharged Lieutenant, N393260, 31 Garrison Battalion (NSW)

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Leslie George FAINT was born in Armidale, NSW on 15th February, 1894

His parents were Alexander FAINT & Ellen PEARCE