Leslie Herbert BROADBENT MM

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BROADBENT, Leslie Herbert

Service Number:	4446
Enlisted:	1 September 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Adelaide, 28 March 1880
Home Town:	North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Public School, North Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 18 September 1918, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot III. B. 7, So Stand Down Soldier , Your duty is done. R.I.P knowing you have been found.
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, North Adelaide Christ Church Roll of Honour, North Adelaide Christ Church Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

1 Sep 1915:	Enlisted
7 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 4446, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 4446, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide
18 Sep 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 4446, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4446 awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-09-18

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Biography contributed by Virtual Australia

Seeking contact from Family Members

I am the President of Fallen Diggers Inc. We research missing WW1 and WW2 Australian Military personnel. Recently we were notified today of our successful identification by OAWG and UWC-A regarding the exact burial location of L/Cpl BROADBENT MM. He was buried in Jeancourt Communal cemetery - previously accidentally identified as a unknown 12th Bn L/Cpl.

There will be a rededication ceremony sometime this year, and the headstone will be replaced listing L/Cpl Broadbent's name and regimental details.

We would welcome contact from any family members. Contact details provided below.

Dennis Frank
President
Fallen Diggers Inc

PH: +61 03 94086189
MOB:+61 0400 223 100

E: [email protected]

www.fallendiggers.com.au

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Leslie Herbert BROADBENT was born on 28th March, 1880 in Adelaide, South Australia

His parents were John Joseph Seton BROADBENT and Mary WITHERICK

On 6 March 1920 General Birdwood fom the United Kingdon presented his Military Medal to his brother on behalf of his mother as she was in indifferent health.

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