Leslie Dix HUMPHRIES

Leslie Dix HUMPHRIES Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Number:	2616
Enlisted:	17 June 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Machine Gun Company
Born:	Oberon, New South Wales, 23 January 1887
Home Town:	Oberon, Oberon, New South Wales
Schooling:	Oberon Public School
Occupation:	Foreman of Buildings
Died:	Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France, 19 August 1916, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Oberon Shire Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

17 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2616, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales
9 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2616, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
9 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2616, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
4 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2616, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
19 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2616, 1st Machine Gun Company, Battle for Pozières

Help us honour Leslie Dix Humphries's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.