Leslie George COSGROVE

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COSGROVE, Leslie George

Service Number:	3281
Enlisted:	26 July 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Magill, South Australia, 19 June 1894
Home Town:	Magill, Campbelltown, South Australia
Schooling:	Magill High School
Occupation:	Cellar hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium, 13 October 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Magill Honour Board, Magill War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

26 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3281, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3281, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
31 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Third Ypres
13 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3281, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3281 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-13
Date unknown:	Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Born 19 June 1894 in Magill, South Australia.
(SA Birth Record 1842 - 1906 Book: 545 Page: 449 District: Nor.)

Father Dennis COSGROVE and Mother Mary Ellen Cosgrove (nee LUCAS)
Leslie lived with his mother at Lorne Avneue, Magill, South Australia.

Next of kin in service:
Brother: 7285 Pte Harold Donald COSGROVE
53rd Battalion, returned to Australia, 9/12/1918

Brother: 119 Lance Sergeant Horace Donald COSGROVE
15th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 7/1/1919.

Previous service:
Senior Cadets for 1 year
3 years in the Citizen Military Forces

Described on enlisting as 21 years old; single;
Roman Catholic

26/7/1915 Enlisted in Adelaide

27/10/1915 Embarked on board HMAT A24 Benalla from Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide
as a Private in the 10th Battalion, 11th reinforcements

13/10/1917 Killed in action at Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium
buried in: NO KNOWN GRAVE

His name is Commemorated on the MENIN GATE MEMORIAL

His name is located at panel 150 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial
Canberra, ACT.

Medals:

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 14/2/2015. Lest we forget.

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