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CONSTABLE, Herbert Leslie
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1031 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1031, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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