Leslie John SHIELLS

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SHIELLS, Leslie John

Service Number:	954
Enlisted:	12 October 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fish Creek, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Foster State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Died of wounds - shrapnel wounds to the head, 1st General Hospital, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt, 12 May 1915
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row B, Grave 243 Headstone inscription reads: Loved brother of Mrs. J. Sparkes, Foster, South Gippsland Victoria, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Foster Christ Church Roll of Honor, Foster Loyal Orange Lodge No. 213 Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

12 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 954, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 954, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 954, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 954, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 954 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-12

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas James and Isabella Shiells. Brother of Walter Edward Shiells MC, MID who returned to Australia on 10 June 1919 having served with the 58th Battalion and Elsie May Sparkes nee Shiells of Foster, South Gippsland

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

Served in the senior cadets and a member of Foster Rifle Club and Welsh Pool Rifle Club

At the time of enlistment he was employed at the Butter Factory

Served a 3 years apprenticeship with John Jones of Foster, Victoria

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Leslie John’s Commonwealth War Graves Commission record