Leslie Arthur JAMES

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Service Number:	2122
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, December 1898
Home Town:	Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmhand
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 1 September 1918
Cemetery:	Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough War Memorial

26 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 2122, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
26 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 2122, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, SS Indarra, Melbourne
1 Sep 1918:	Involvement Private, 2122, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2122 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-01

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Father John Francis James (1870-1952)

Mother Elizabeth Ellen Jones (1874-1905)

Leslie enlisted 1 month before his 19th birthday