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Full name
  
Leslie John Primrose

Name
  
Les Primrose

Original team(s)
  
Ballarat

Place of death
  
The Somme, France


Date of birth
  
(1890-05-14)14 May 1890

Date of death
  
4 June 1918(1918-06-04) (aged 28)

Place of birth
  
Ballarat, Victoria

Leslie John "Les" Primrose was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League. He served in the Australian Flying Corps in World War I and took part in dogfights against the German Red Baron unit. He was killed in a plane crash in 1918.

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Les Primrose Wikipedia