21st Battalion
Killed In Action
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Leslie James Hobson (SN 5356) lived on Doveton Street South, Ballarat, was single and a draper's assistant when he enlisted in the 21st Battalion, on January 17th 1916 at the age of 23. His unit embarked from Melbourne on board the Themistocles on July 28th 1916 bound for France. He was killed in action on March 20th 1917, has no known grave and is commemorated on the Australian Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France.
Lucas’s Staffs Appreciation of Brave Men, the original Avenue register, records his name as Leslie J. Robson
