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BATES, Lester
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2718 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 September 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tenterden, England, April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Korumburra, South Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2718, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 15 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2718, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Makarini, Melbourne | |
| 15 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2718, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 26 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 May 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2718, 60th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...2718 Private Lester Bates, 8th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion, of Korumburra, Vic (originally of Tenterden, Kent, England). Pte Bates enlisted on 8 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Makarini on 15 September 1915. On 26 December 1916 Pte Bates was allotted to the 59th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir with which unit he served until his return to Australia on 13 February 1917 suffering from Neurasthenia." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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