Leonard SELMON

SELMON, Leonard

    Service Number: 709
    Enlisted: 23 August 1914, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 9th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Railway Porter
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 29 May 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Panel 31, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 709, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
    24 Sep 1914: Involvement Private, 709, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
    24 Sep 1914: Embarked Private, 709, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was Phyliss Street, South Lismore, NSW

    Son of Clarence James Selmon and Ellen Jane Selmon of 'Myona', Rocky Point Road, Sans Sauci, Sydney, NSW. Brother of Jessie E. Selmon and Millie Selmon

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War, Medal. Victory Medal

    Also served with the NSW Irish Rifles for about 2 years

    At the time of enlistment he was employed by the NSW Government Railways

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