WELDEN, Leonard Edgar
| Service Number: | 1012 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 March 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Prospect, South Australia, 23 June 1892 |
| Home Town: | Parilla, Southern Mallee, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Nailsworth and Sturt Street Schools |
| Occupation: | Farmer/Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 1 October 1916, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1012, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1012, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 2 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1012, 19th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Enlisted under alias Leslie Wright
According to a letter, which is found on pages 54-56 of his Service Record (recordsearch.naa.gov.au) - Leonard Welden enlisted in NSW under the name Leslie Wright so that his parents wouldn't find out that he had enlisted for war service.
"LATE CPL. L. E. WELDEN.
Mr. and Mrs. George Welden, of The Gums, Parilla, and formerly of Prospect, have been notified that their son, Cpl. Leonard Edgar Welden, was killed in action in France on September 13. He was born at Prospect, and was educated at the Nailsworth and Sturt Street Schools. For many years he was engaged in farming, and was one of the earliest pioneers in the Pinnaroo district. His manly disposition and his geniality won him many friends. The deceased was an enthusiastic footballer, and played with the Parilla team. After leaving the farm he went to New South Wales, where he enlisted in February, 1915. He embarked in June, and served on Gallipoli until the evacuation. In France he was promoted to the rank of lance-corporal, and a few days prior to his death to that of corporal. He was 24 years of age. A younger brother, Lce.-Cpl. Rex Welden, who is in France, enlisted at the outbreak of the war with the Victorian forces. He was wounded at the landing on Gallipoli. Having recovered, he returned to duty until the evacuation. In France he was raised to the rank of lance-corporal. The brothers met for the first and last time since the beginning of the war in September this year. Lce.-Cpl. Rex Welden was injured by the explosion of a bomb recently." - from the Adelaide Observer 11 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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