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DAVIS, Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1929 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carisbrook, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Carisbrook, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Carisbrook State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1929, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1929, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1929, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Leslie Davis was one of the members of a raiding party of about 90 men of A Company 14th Battalion which forced its way into the German trenches at Armentieres on the night of 2 July 1916. Davis was listed as a member of the scouting party of the raid.
In all seven men from the Battalion died as a result of the raid, but many of the survivors were wounded to some extent.