Leonard WILDING

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Service Number:	1318
Enlisted:	29 June 1915, D Company
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bolton, Lancashire, England, 1878
Home Town:	Flinders, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Schooling:	Bolton Grammar School, England & Flinders State School No.841, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Land Agent
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 26 October 1916
Cemetery:	Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval Ref. Plot II. Row B. Grave 7. “ TILL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY”
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Flinders St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Flinders WWI War Memorial, Frankston Avenue of Honour Memorial, Frankston Great War Roll of Honour

29 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1318, 29th Infantry Battalion, D Company
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1318, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1318, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
16 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1318, 29th Infantry Battalion, embarked Alexandria, Egypt, per HMT Tunisian. Disembarked Marseilles, France 23 June, 1916

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