STONE, Leslie
| Service Number: | 3791 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 December 1917, 4 years Senior Cadets |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 4 April 1899 |
| Home Town: | Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Hornby St State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton, Sussex, England, 7 October 1918, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton Borough Cemetery, East Sussex, England ZHO. 106 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St. Kilda East All Saints Anglican Church Mausoleum Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Dec 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3791, 57th Infantry Battalion, 4 years Senior Cadets | |
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| 28 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, 3791, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Aug 1918: | Embarked Private, 3791, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 30 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3791, 57th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, GSW to left leg and gassed DOW England |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 7th October…… Leslie Stone was born at Windsor, Victoria on 4th April, 1899.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 30th November, 1917 as an 18 year old, single, Clerk from Windsor, Victoria.
Private Leslie Stone, Service number 3791, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Nestor (A71) on 28th February, 1918 with the 57th Infantry Battalion, 10th Reinforcements & disembarked at Liverpool, England on 20th April, 1918.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He was marched in to 14th Training Battalion at Codford, Wiltshire on 20th April, 1918.
On 14th May, 1918 Private Stone was appointed Acting Corporal while posted with 14th Training Battalion, Codford.
Acting Corporal Leslie Stone was on command at school of Instruction at Candahar Barracks from 4th June, 1918.
He proceeded overseas to France via Folkestone on 22nd July, 1918 from 14th Training Battalion at Codford & reverted to rank of Private on 22nd July, 1918. He was marched in to A.I.B.D. (Australian Infantry Base Depot) at Havre, France on 24th July, 1918. He was marched out to his Unit on 27th July, 1918 & was taken on strength of 57th Battalion from 10th Reinforcements on 3rd September, 1918.
Private Leslie Stone was wounded in action on 29th September, 1918. He was admitted to 50th Casualty Clearing Station on 29th September, 1918 with G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s) to leg then transferred to Ambulance Train 19. Private Stone was admitted to 6th General Hospital, Rouen, France on 30th September, 1918. He was invalided to England on 2nd October, 1918 on Hospital Ship St. Andrew with G.S.W. to leg.
On 3rd October, 1918 Private Stone was admitted to Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton, Sussex, England having been Gassed.
Private Leslie Stone died at 5.15 pm on 7th October, 1918 at Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton, Sussex, England from Wounds, Mustard Gas poisoning & Broncho Pneumonia.
The Hospital Admissions form recorded: “Burns legs & face, body & arms ____. Broncho pneumonia. P.M. Showed extensive sloughing of trachea. Died 8/10/18.”
He was buried in Brighton City (Bear Road) Cemetery, East Sussex, England where 28 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/bear-road.html
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