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ROACH, Leslie Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 542 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Uralla, New South Wales, Australia, 17 December 1896 |
| Home Town: | Uralla, Uralla, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Rocky River School |
| Occupation: | Bush Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Passchendaele, West Flanders, Belgium, 17 October 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 542, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Corporal, 542, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
| 17 Oct 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 542, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 542 awm_unit: 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-17 |
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