GEORGE, Leon
| Service Number: | 26923 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 7th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Alberton, Port Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Alberton Public School |
| Occupation: | Sailor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 June 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette Plot IV, Row E, Grave 2, Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette, Bray-sur-Somme, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Australian Harbours Board WW1 Roll of Honour, Adelaide Commissioner of Public Works Roll of Honour, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birkenhead WW1 Harbors Board Employees Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 26923, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 6 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 26923, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 26923, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
| 5 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, 27th Battery | |
| 14 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 26923, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Merris (France), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 26923 awm_unit: 7th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-06-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Father William George (dec. 1922) and Mother Sarah Adelaide George, lived at St. George's Place,
Alberton, South Australia.
Sibling in service: (brother)
1287 Private John Gordon GEORGE - 11th Light Horse Regiment
19/02/1915 enlisted into WWI in Adelaide, SA
26/10/1915 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT SS Hawkes Bay
as a Private with 11th Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement
11/04/1916 returned to Australia
20/10/1929 passed away (38 years of age)
buried in: West Terrace Cemetery - AIF Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
Light Oval; Row # 4S; C/E/W: E; Site #8
(Grant Expires: 22/10/2028)
Brother-in-law:
2801 Sapper Douglas Devlin Edgar Drysdale - 1st Light Horse Regiment
born in: Rockhampton Queensland
lived at Vine Street, Prospect, South Australia
NOK: Mother, Mrs. Julia Annie Drysdale, Vine Street, Prospect, SA
01/11/1915 enlisted into WWI in Adelaide, SA
13/07/1916 embarked Outer Harbour, SA onboard RMS Mongolia
as a Private with 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 19th Reinforcement
12/11/1917 returned to Australia
25/01/1934 divorced from Eva Dorothy Drysdale (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Last lived at Finsbury, SA.
31/08/1944 passed away (56 years of age)
buried in: West Terrace Cemetery, AIF Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
Light Oval; Row #3S; C/E/W: W; Site #A
Leon was described on enlisting as 23 years 1 month of age; single; 5' 5.5" tall; 120 lbs;
fresh complexion; grey eyes; brown hair; Church of England
04/01/1916 enlisted into WWI in Adelaide, SA
16/06/1916 appointed a 'Gunner' at Maribyong Camp
07/09/1916 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC, onboard HMAT A15 Port Sydney,
as a Driver with 15th Field Artillery Brigade, 5th Reinforcement
29/10/1916 disembarked into Plymouth, England
15/12/1916 taken on strength 23rd Field Artillery Brigade, England
31/12/1916 proceeded overseas to France, ex Southampton, England
05/01/1917 taken on strength 27th Battery, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, in the field
03/12/1917 transferred to Brigade Headquarters
06/01/1918 granted furlo (leave) to England
23/01/1918 returned to unit
25/04/1918 transferred to 107th Howitzer Battery
26/04/1918 transferred to 27th Battery
14/06/1918 killed in action, Somme, France
buried in: Croydon Military Cemetery, 3 1/4 miles East South East of Amiens
1920 exhumed and reburied in:
Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette, France
Plot IV, Row E, Grave 2
1 mile south west of Morlancourt, 4 3/4 miles north east of Corbie
His name is commemorated on:-
- Panel 15 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
- the South Australian Harbor Board WWI Memorial, Birkenhead, SA
Medals: British War medal (46568), Victory medal (45991)
Memorial Plaque and Scroll (346816)
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 21/04/2017. Lest we forget.
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