A World War I diary found in 2022
One man's story
told 108 years later
unfolding daily in 2023
Diary of an ANZAC soldier
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Leonard Fletcher Dawes
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Date of Birth: 12th January 1893
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Enlisted in the
Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
on the 28th September 1914
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Embarked
on board HMAT Ulysses
from Melbourne on the
22nd December 1914
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Member of
C company, 14th Battalion
4th Brigade
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