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GENTLES, Leslie Gordon
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2030 |
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Enlisted: | 23 August 1915, Melbourne |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Yambuk, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
Home Town: | Koroit, Moyne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Saw Mill Hand |
Died: | Illness, Caulfield Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 6 November 1920 |
Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Church of England Section, ZA 1784 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
23 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 2030, 29th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne | |
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18 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 2030, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
18 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 2030, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
6 Nov 1920: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2030, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2030 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1920-11-06 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Leslie Gordon GENTLES was born in Yambuk, Victoria in 1898
His parents were John GENTLES & Kathleen Veronica GANLY
He died in Caulfield Hospital in Victoria after he was discharged from the Army, on 6th November, 1920 and is buried in the Brighton General Cemetery