BROWN, Leslie John
| Service Number: | 2579 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 26 July 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Pozières British Cemetery Pozieres British Cemetery Ovillers-La Boisselle, Pozieres, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Leichhardt War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2579, 19th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2579, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 26 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 2579, 4th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2579 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-26 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Leslie John BROWN (Service Number 2579) was born on 24 August 1896 at Waverley in Sydney. He commenced working with the NSW Railways as a junior clerk I the Traffic Auditors Branch, at the age of 17, in December 1913. He remained in this role until just before his 19th birthday when he was released to join the Expeditionary Forces and enlisted on 16 August 1915 at Warwick Farm.
He left Australia through Sydney on HMAT ‘Euripides’ on 2 November 1915. He reached Tel-el-Kebir in Egypt on 14 February 1916 and was taken on the strength of the 4th Battalion and briefly served at Gallipoli for the final six weeks of that campaign. He then embarked at Alexandria and travelled to France through Marseilles. While a sea he was disciplined for insolence to a non-commissioned officer.
He was killed in action, at Pozières between 22 and 27 July 1916. Initially he was buried 3½ miles N.E of Albert but in the post-war rationalisation of cemeteries his remains were moved to Pozières British Cemetery Ovillers-La Boiselle, Picardie, France.
In 1921 his mother moved from Leichhardt to Willoughby and named her new house ‘Pozières’.
(NAA B2455-1800016)
Submitted 12 May 2023 by John Oakes
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