LEASON, Herbert Joseph
| Service Number: | 2190 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coton in the Clay, near Burton upon Trent, East Staffordshire, England., 1886 |
| Home Town: | Bowraville, Nambucca Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Marching Woodlands School, Staffiordshire. |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 12 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Section P. Plot III. Row H. Grave 5B. INSCRIPTION FROM THE STRIFE OF WARFARE INTO THE PEACE OF GOD , St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2190, 4th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2190, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2190, 4th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2190 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 31 and the son of Arthur and Eliza Leason, of Needwood Post Office, Burton-on-Trent, England.
Emigrated to Australia 1912.
Served for 3 years in the Grenadier Guards.
Births Dec 1886 LEASON Herbert Joseph Burton 6b 338
Burton is an alternative name for Burton upon Trent and it spans the boundaries of the counties of Staffordshire and Derbyshire.
He is remembered on the Anslow War Memorial; Anslow is a village and civil parish in the East Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, about three miles north-west of Burton upon Trent. The war memorial and roll of honour are to be found on a [weathered] plaque on the outside wall at the east end of the Holy Trinity Church.