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LEESON, Roland Dennis Clark

Service Numbers:	1753, 1753B
Enlisted:	28 August 1915, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	110th Australian (Howitzer) Battery
Born:	Rugby, England, January 1893
Home Town:	Barmedman, Bland, New South Wales
Schooling:	Nuneaton Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Multiple SW to body, Main Dressing Station, Montbrehain, France, 17 October 1918
Cemetery:	Calvaire Cemetery, Montbrehain, France Calvaire Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. 21), France, Calvaire Cemetery, Montbrehain, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barmedman War Memorial

World War 1 Service

28 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1753, Cootamundra, New South Wales
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1753, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1753, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
27 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 10th Field Artillery Brigade
28 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 10th Field Artillery Brigade
9 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1753B, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , "The Last Hundred Days", Multiple SW from HE shell at Le Haye Minerves, near St Souplet
17 Oct 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1753B, 110th Australian (Howitzer) Battery, "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1753B awm_unit: 110 Battery Australian Field Artillery awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-10-17

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