Leslie John Phillip CASEY

CASEY, Leslie John Phillip

    Service Number: 6134
    Enlisted: 29 October 1915, Geelong, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Geelong, Victoria, 1895
    Home Town: Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Groom & Gardener
    Died: Killed in Action, Harbonnieres, France, 16 August 1918
    Cemetery: Lihons French National Cemetery, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newtown Chilwell State School Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Geelong, Victoria
    1 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6134, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1,

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    1 Aug 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6134, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Melbourne
    16 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6134, 14th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days"

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    Biography

    "...6134 Private Leslie John Phillip Casey, 19th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion, of Geelong, Vic. Pte Casey, aged nineteen years, enlisted on 29 October 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Miltiades in Melbourne on 1 August 1916. He was gassed at Broodseinde on 15 October 1917. On 16 August 1918 he was killed in action in the Amiens Harbonnieres area, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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