Leslie Thomas BIRD

BIRD, Leslie Thomas

Service Number: 3172
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 10th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Edmonton, Middlesex., 1887
Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, 30 September 1918, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria
Grave D.5., Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Damascus, Syria
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA
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World War 1 Service

12 Feb 1917: Involvement Private, 3172, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: RMS Karmala embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
12 Feb 1917: Embarked Private, 3172, 10th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Karmala, Fremantle
30 Sep 1918: Involvement Trooper, 3172, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3172 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-09-30

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 31 and the son of Ernest Edward and Elizabeth Isabella Bird.

The CWGC record, based on Final Verification Papers completed by Next of Kin state that he was born at Romford, Essex, England, he was in fact born in Edmonton, North London.

 

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