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Name: Pte Leslie George Bursill (seated far right, cigarette in his hand)
Service No: 540A
Battalion:5th Battalion (Infantry)
Original Unit: 2nd Anzac Cyclist Battalion, 4th Reinforcements. Transferred
to 5th Battalion 12 May 1917.
In France from 26 April 1917. 

Personal Details: 
From Maryborough, Victoria, married, enlisted on 26 May 1916, age 23 at
death, killed in action 16 Jun 1918, Belgium, no known grave, commemorated
Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.  rfgough@optusnet.com.au


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