8th Battalion
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Leslie Edward Daw (SN 4773) was born in Ballarat where he attended the Urquhart Street State School. He was a 27 year old maltster when he enlisted in Ballarat on August 2nd 1915. He sailed from Melbourne in March 1916 on board the Wiltshire, and arrived in France in June 1916 where he joined the 8th Infantry Battalion. He served in France and Belgium for the next 18 months before he was killed in action at Strazeele, near Bailleul, on August 1st 1918. He is buried in Outterstene Communal Cemetery, Bailleul, Belgium.
His brother William was killed in action at Gallipoli and is also honoured with a tree in the Avenue.
