KIRBY L.
Given Names: Leslie
Service Number: 4747
Unit: 21st Battalion, 12th reinforcements
Rank: Private
Paybook Number:
Age: 30 Yrs 4 Mths
Occupation: Labourer
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Church of England
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 11 In
Weight: 140 Lbs
Chest: 34-36 In
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Complexion: Dark
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 19/2/1916
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: WIFE Mrs Jessie Kirby
12 Gladstone Street, Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 4/4/1916
Port: Melbourne
Ship: HMAT Euripides A14
END OF WAR
Status: Returned to Australia
Ship: Orontes
Embarked: 10/3/1918
Disembarked: 10/5/1918
Unit: 21st Battalion
Rank: Private
Discharge Date: 19/6/1918
Place: Melbourne
MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: Not earned
British War Medal: 39815
Victory Medal: 39310
Other:
BIRTH
Date or Year: 1885
Place: Kew, Victoria
Father: Thomas Henry KIRBY
Mother: Emma ANGEL
MARRIAGE
Year: 1909
Place: Victoria
Spouse: Jessie BROWN
DEATH
Date or Year: 5/6/1952
Place: Cobram, Victoria
Burial: Kew Cemetery, Victoria
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
Suffered trench feet Nov 1916
MEMORIALS
Kew State School
Kew War Memorial
Holy Trinity Church
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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