Herbert Leslie CONSTABLE

CONSTABLE, Herbert Leslie

Service Number: 1031
Enlisted: 16 September 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 1890
Home Town: Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling: Moruya Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Scaffold Builder
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery: Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC
Special Memorial, Row C, Grave 98 Headstone inscription reads: An ANZAC who died that others might live, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

16 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1031, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
18 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 1031, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 1031, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
25 Apr 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1031, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Actual day of wounding(bullet wound to the hand) is uncertain but happened between 25-30 April 1915

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Theresa Beatrice Phillips nee Constable of 308 Trafalgar Street, Annandale, NSW for of Rose Bay, NSW

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

He was a member of a Rifle Club for 2 years