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WORLE, Leonard Victor

Service Numbers:	1129, V372607
Enlisted:	15 September 1914, Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Prahran, Victoria, 26 May 1889
Home Town:	Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Abbotsford Primary School
Occupation:	Wood carver
Died:	Natural causes, North Fitzroy, Victoria, 10 October 1948, aged 59 years
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
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World War 1 Service

15 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1129, Broadmeadows, Victoria
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1129, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1129, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1129, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli
15 Jul 1915:	Wounded Bombardier, 1129, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell wound
15 Jun 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
14 Nov 1916:	Wounded Sergeant, 1129, 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, 2nd occasion - GSW (buttock)
28 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
28 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1129, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade

World War 2 Service

15 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Private, V372607, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Westgarth, Victoria
15 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, V372607
9 Oct 1945:	Discharged Sergeant, V372607, 2nd (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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