Michael Leigh RUSSEL

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Service Number:	5904
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bexleyheath, Kent, England., 1881
Home Town:	Winton, Winton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Scour hand
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Winton War Memorial

21 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 5904, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 5904, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane

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Births Dec 1881 RUSSEL Michael Leigh Dartford 2a 434.

He was 35 and the son of Thomas and Matilda Mary Russel.

Sister, Miss Mabel Russell, Plomers Firs, Brackley, Northamptonshire, England.

Emigrated 1908.

Enlistment date-12 June 1916

Age at embarkation-34

AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/42/4

Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A36 Boonah on 21 October 1916.

Honoured on the Bexley Roll of Honour.