Leslie Ernest VAIL

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Service Number:	2277
Enlisted:	1 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 18 November 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Boronia, Wall ZC, Niche 106. Service held on 21 November 1962
Memorials:

1 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2277, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
27 Sep 1915:	Involvement 2277, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
27 Sep 1915:	Embarked 2277, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
26 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2277, 21st Infantry Battalion, Multiple wounds to the thigh, head and right foot. Invalided to England on 14 September 1916 aboard HS St. Andrew. Right leg was later amputated
28 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2277, 21st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as wounded

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Son of Frederick Ernest Vail and Julia Emma Vail nee Scott of 'Kapara' Seymour Road, Elsternwick, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 3 July 1917 aboard HS Karoola disembarking on 27 August 1917.

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1925c Leslie married Muriel Hilary Vera Burdett in Victoria