Leslie Ernest BESWICK

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Service Number:	1662
Enlisted:	7 February 1916, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Long Gully, Bendigo, Victoria, 1897
Home Town:	Burnley, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Central State School, Richmond Victoria
Occupation:	Boiler Maker
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917
Cemetery:	New Irish Farm Cemetery Plot XXXIII, Row F, Grave 21, New Irish Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Long Gully St. Matthews Anglican Church Honor Roll

7 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1662, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
2 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1662, 58th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A14' Euripides from Melbourne
24 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1662, 57th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1662 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-26

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