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KNIGHT, Leslie Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2598 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Strathblane, Tasmania, Australia, 3 December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Strathblane, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mill hand |
| Died: | War related, Repatriation Hospital Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 5 May 1928, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2598, 40th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2598, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2598, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 30 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 40th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2598, 40th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 9 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2598, 40th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW to left thigh - amputation resulted | |
| 20 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2598, 40th Infantry Battalion, 6th MD - amp leg from 9/4/1918 |
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