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LESTER, Harry Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2538 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lakes Entrance, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 1899 |
| Home Town: | Lakes Entrance, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Assistant Restaurant Keeper |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lakes Entrance & District Roll Great War Roll of Honor, Lakes Entrance WW1 Memorial, Lakes Entrance and District War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2538, 57th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2538, 57th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2538, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Rankin
True name was Harry Cowdrey Lester He was only 17 years 10 months old when he was killed.