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VINCENT, Leslie Allan
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2051 |
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Enlisted: | 22 July 1915, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Steiglitz, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
Schooling: | State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. Panel 23 |
Memorials: | Alfredton Humffray Street State School Roll of Honor, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Barkly Street Uniting Church Memorial Window, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
22 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2051, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria | |
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26 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2051, 21st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
26 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2051, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Thomas Vincent and Kate Tucker Vincent of 3 Kilby Terrace, South Melbourne, Victoria.
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal