14th Battalion
Killed In Action
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Albert Leslie Featherston (SN 4189) was born in Carngham and attended the Eureka State School. He was a 19 year old labourer and living in Ballarat East when he enlisted on July 12th 1915. He embarked in December on board the Demosthenes to serve with the 14th Infantry Battalion in France. He was killed in action near Pozieres on August 8th 1916, and is buried in Serre Road Cemetery, France.
Lucas’s Staffs Appreciation of Brave Men, the original Avenue register, records his name as Leslie A. Featherston.
