WARD, Leslie Arnold
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 12 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Laidley, Queensland, Australia, 18 May 1894 |
| Home Town: | Newtown, Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Ipswich Grammar School, Queensland, Australia and Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Dentist |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 14 November 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Warlencourt British Cemetery II K 29 |
| Memorials: | Booval War Memorial, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-11-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James Courtenay and Elizabeth WARD
LIEUT. L. A. WARD.
KILLED IN ACTION.
News was received in Ipswich yesterday from Lieut.-Col. Luscombe to the effect that official notification had been received from headquarters that Second Lieut. Leslie Arnold Ward, 13th Reinforcements, 26th Battallion, who we previously reported missing, is now reported to have been killed in action on the 14th November 1916. The Mayor (Ald. P. W. Cameron), as requested, asked the Rev. B. Frederick to break the news to the deceased soldier's father (Mr. J. C. Ward), of that city. General regret will be felt at the death of another popular young Ipswich officer. It will be remembered that Lieut. Cyril Ward, another son of Mr. J. C. Ward, died, of wounds a few months ago.
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