376 Sergeant Leslie John BIRKETT, a 21 year old Letter carrier from 10 Warwick Street, Hobart, Tasmania. He enlisted on 20 August 1914 and was allotted to the 12th Battalion, C Company which embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914. BIRKETT subsequently was Wounded in Action, 25 April 1915, and again was Wounded in Action, 18 October 1915. During the Great War, BIRKETT was Killed in Action, 5 May 1917, at Bullecourt, France.

Sydney Mail, 26 May 1915, p. 18.