ALLNUTT, Leslie Wilson Lea
| Service Number: | 5315 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Ballarat, Vic., 1893 |
| Home Town: | Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | 23 August 1974, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Remains collected |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5315, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5315, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Afric, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
L. W. L. ALLNUTT enlisted on 8th July 1915 and embarked as Sapper in 5th Div. Sig. Co. on 5th January 1916. He arrived in France on 10th
February 1916 and took part in the Battles of Bullecourt and Passchendaele in 1917 and Villers-Bretonneux, Morlancourt and Bellicourt in 1918.
(November 1918) A cable message has been received concerning Leslie Allnutt, well known at St. Matthias', North Richmond, as secretary of the Sunday School, to the effect tlhat he is in hospital in England, suffering with Spanish influenza. He has been for three years at the front as engineer, signaller, and electrician, and has had arduous work, with very little furlough. The latest reports are that he is improving.
He returned to Australia on 21st July and was discharged on 13th October 1919.