2478 Leslie Addinson WILSON

Date of enlistment 27th July 1915
Rank at enlistment Private
Company D Company
Significant events while with the AIF Killed in Action – Pozieres

 

cwgcCommemorated at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

Summary of Private Wilson’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date Location Event
27th July to 4th August 1916 France Killed in Action 
26th March 1916 France Disembarked Marseille
19th March 1916 Egypt Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
8th January 1916 Egypt Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
25th October 1915 Egypt Disembarked Alexandria
29th September 1915 Australia Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
12th September 1915 Australia Assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion
28th July 1915 Australia Marched into Broadmeadows depot

 

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