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PARISH, Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1174 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Benalla, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Diggers Rest, Hume, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Baby 700 Cemetery, Anzac Special Memorial, Grave 8 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, Baby 700 Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mulwala War Memorial, Tungamah Great War Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1174, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1174, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1174, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Rose Goodman formerly Parish of Benalla, Victoria. Brother of Rose Goodman of Lima South, Benalla, Victoria formerly of Diggers Rest, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victroy Medal issued to his mother