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SINCLAIR, Leslie Duncan
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 337 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1) |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 December 1893 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk, Indent Agent, Manager |
| Died: | Cancer, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 November 1959, aged 65 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Holland Park, Brisbane Area 3 Bed 1 Plot 17 |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement 337, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked 337, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 28 Feb 1915: | Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), Whilst training in Egypt | |
| 14 Sep 1917: | Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant | |
| 18 Jan 1918: | Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant, Whilst serving with the 4th Machine Gun Company on the Western Front. Earlier promoted 2LT 6 Oct 17 | |
| 19 Sep 1918: | Wounded Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant, 337, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, GSW L Side and Frac Femur during 4th Div attack on Hindenburg Oupost/Line in the Verguire/Villeret Area Admitted 12th Casualty Clearing Station21/22 Sep Admitted then1st South African Gen Hosp Abbville then to UK | |
| 17 Feb 1920: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant, 337, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1) |
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