WEST, Leslie
| Service Number: | 7335 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 January 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tuncurry, New South Wales, Australia, 27 November 1893 |
| Home Town: | Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 5 July 1967, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-1A. 55. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7335, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 7335, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 7335, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 7 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 7335, 1st Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD, medically unfit (rheumatism & bronchitis) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
58 years ago today, on the 7th July 1967, Corporal Leslie Lionel West, 1st Battalion (Reg No-7335), labourer from Lismore, New South Wales and Hamilton?, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 73. METHODIST 4-1A. 55.
Born at Tuncurry, New South Wales on the 27th November 1893 to Isaac and Jean West; husband of Edna Pearl West nee Meredith, married 1919, Hamilton, N.S.W., died 3.2.1977, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 78, sleeping here, Les enlisted on the 24th January 1917 at Lismore, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board RMS Osterley on the 10th February 1917.
Disembarked Plymouth, England 11.4.1917.
Admitted to hospital 29.5.1917 (rheumatism), 2.11.1917 (bronchitis), 14.12.1917 (bronchitis), 25.2.1918 (appendicitis).
Commenced return to Australia 21.4.1918.
Les arrived home on the 8th June 1918, being discharged medically unfit (rheumatism & bronchitis) on the 6th August 1918.
Did not serve in a theatre of war, therefore was not granted Victory Medal.
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, returning home, etc.
Mr. West’s name has been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Les’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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