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Private (later Sergeant) Thomas Leslie

Ancestor Details

Ancestor's Name: Thomas Henry Leslie

Ancestor's date of birth: 24/04/1883

Ancestor's date of death: 19/11/1937

Cause of Death: Heart Failure (Cardiac)

Service Number: 192

Colony or State of enlistment: TAS, Place of Enlistment: Hobart?

Unit: 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen

Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: 1901

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): SGT, Date Effective: 1915

Murray Page: 566

Contingent: Fourth Tasmanian

Ship: Chicago, Date of Sailing: 27/03/1901

Memorial details: Not known

Awards/Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony, SA 1901 and SA 1902 clasps.

Personal Characteristics: Not known

Reasons to go and fight: Not known

Details of service in war: May 1901 - May 1902 in Cape Colony.

Service and life after the Boer War: Enlisted with New Zealand Expeditionary Force 25/10/1914 final discharge 3/7/1916 as Sgt #11/786 - Medals 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal issued 6/9/28 Reg Packet No. 146

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Margaret Willis Leslie, Birkdale QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Daughter-in-law

 


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