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Leslie JOB

Surname
JOB
Given Names
Leslie
Regimental No.
674
Place of Birth
Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria
School
Boulder Central State School, Western Australia
Religion
Church of England
Occupation
Telephonist
Address
104 Dywyer Street, Boulder, Western Australia
Marital Status
Single
Age at Embarkation
19
Next of Kin
Mother, G Job, 104 Dywyer Street, Boulder, Western Australia
Enlistment Date
4 September 1914
Rank on Enlistment
Corporal
Unit Name
11th Battalion, F Company
Embarkation details
Unit embarked at Fremantle per Transport A11 'Ascanius' on 2 November 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll
Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll
11th Battalion
Fate
Killed in Action 25 April 1915
Place of death or wounding
Gallipoli, Turkey
Place of Burial
No known grave
Commemoration Details
The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 104), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
62
Memorial Details
The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.
The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.
The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.
Miscellaneous information from Cemetery records
Parents: Frederick John and Gertrude JOB, 104 Dwyer Street, Boulder, Western Australia. Native of Fitzroy, Victoria
AIF connections
Brother: 316 Pte Percy Frederick JOB, 16th Bn, discharged, 8 November 1917.
Other details
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
"First to Fall" – Australian fatalities on 25th April 1915