Leslie PRESSLEY

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Service Number:	5446
Enlisted:	3 January 1916, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wangaratta Victoria, Australia , 11 April 1898
Home Town:	Peeramon, Tablelands, Queensland
Schooling:	Peechalba State School, Peechalba, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Selector
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 25 August 1918, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Remembered on Panel 67. Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France
Memorials:	Atherton War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malanda Eacham Memorial Gates, Peeramon and District Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wangaratta Peechelba School WWI Honour Board

3 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5446, 12th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland
20 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5446, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
20 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5446, 12th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney
9 Oct 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5446, 12th Infantry Battalion, Shell Wound to the face.
25 Aug 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 5446, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5446 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-25
28 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion

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