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BACON, Lester Sidney

Service Number:	1453
Enlisted:	20 November 1914, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	St Pancras, London, England, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Panel 52, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

20 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
22 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1453, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
22 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1453, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
Date unknown:	Involvement 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Son of Mrs M Flanders of "Sunnyside", Brokenhurst, Hampshire, England

Also known as LEster Sidney Bacon