UDY, Leslie Leonard
| Service Number: | 711 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 February 1915, Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Uraidla, South Australia, 4 July 1892 |
| Home Town: | Uraidla, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Uraidla |
| Occupation: | Market Gardener |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crafers WW1 Memorial, Norton Summit Uraidla Methodist Sunday School Roll of Honor, Summertown Cemetery Memorial Arch Gates, Uraidla & Districts Roll of Honour 1, Uraidla War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide | |
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| 31 May 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 711, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' |
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| 31 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 711, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 12 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 711, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 711, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 4 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 711, 27th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 |
Leslie L Udy
Les grew up in Uraidla in the Adelaide Hills area. His parents - William Henry and Magdalene (nee Ford) were market gardeners. Les was working there and locally as a farm labourer.
He was a very keen and skilled Australian Rules football player having received a gold medal for most improved player at the Uraidla Football Club.
He enlisted for WW1 and left Australia on May 31st 1915 bound for Gallipoli where he spent his 24th birthday.
He was transferred to Egypt and then to France where he was killed in action on 5th November 1916 aged 24.
He is still remembered by his nieces and nephews (and namesake Les) and great nieces and nephews.
He has no known grave but is honoured at Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneaux.
Submitted 7 June 2015 by Beverley Stocker
Biography
"THE LATE PRIVATE L. L. UDY.
Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Udy, of Uraidla, that their son, Private Leslie Leonard Udy, has been killed in action in France. He left Australia with the 27th Battalion on May 31, 1915, went through the Gallipoli campaign, spent some time in Egypt, and was then transferred to France. He was a prominent player for the Uraidla Football Club, and was presented with the club's gold medal as the most improved player. He spent his 24th birthday on Gallipoli." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 23 Dec 1916 (nla.gov.au)
Remembered
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