HALLIFAX, Leslie John
| Service Number: | 1733 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 October 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Ovingham, South Australia, 23 August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Parkside, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Adelaide High School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Pozières, France, 12 August 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France XXVII D 3 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide High School Honour Board, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goodwood St George Anglican Church Memorial Tower, Parkside Public School Roll of Honor, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 11 Jan 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1733, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' |
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| 11 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1733, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 11 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières |
Australian Memorial April 2023
My brother and I will be attending the ANZAC Day Dawn Service at Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France on 25th April 2023 with a set of replica medals awarded to LJ Hallifax to honour and thank him and all others for their service. LJ Hallifax was my brother and my Granduncle.
Submitted 28 November 2022 by John Cashmore
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Richard and Elizabeth Caroline Hallifax.
"LATE SGT. L. J. HALLIFAX.
Mrs. E. C. Hallifax, of Anglo avenue, Parkside, has been notified by the military authorities that her youngest son (Sgt. Leslie John Halifax), was killed in action in France on August 15. The deceased, who was in his 22nd year, attended the Adelaide High School, joined the service of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Comany in January, 1910, and remained with the company until called up for duty in August, 1915. Having served as a lieutenant in the Citizen Forces (78th Infantry) for three years, he was able to obtain the permission of the Eastern Telegraph Company (as a special case) to join the A.I.F. He qualified by examination, through the officers' school, for appointment as lieutenant, but finding his age debarred him from obtaining a commission, he enlisted in the ranks, and soon gained his sergeant's stripes. He left South Australia in January last." - from the Adelaide Register 15 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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