RIMES, Leslie Mapstone
| Service Number: | 160 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bowden South Australia, 17 December 1893 |
| Home Town: | Minlaton, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 31 July 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hindmarsh Star of Freedom Tent No 4 IOOR WW1 Roll of Honor, Hindmarsh Way Memorial Methodist Church Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Minlaton Methodist Sunday School Pictorial Honor Roll, Minlaton War Memorial WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Oct 1915: | Enlisted | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 160, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Corporal, 160, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 31 Jul 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 160, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 160 awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-07-31 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George and Clara RIMES, 59 Chief Street, Brompton, Adelaide
The late Staff Sergeant Leslie Mapstone Rimes was always a soldier of Jesus Christ, and his response to the Empire's call was but an emphasis of this fact. He always took a quiet but keen interest in all matters that affected his well-being, and was well versed in the questions of the day. Les. was ever ready to apply his knowledge, and rendered much useful service to the cause of truth. He was for a considerable time secretary of the Bowden young men's Bible class, and retained his membership in an active manner right up to the time he embarked for the front. He commenced to preach at an early age, and both in the Hindmarsh district, where he was brought up, and in the Minlaton circuit his words were known to be the practice of his life. The writer paid a visit to the Minlaton district just after the departure of Sergeant Rimes on his entry into camp, and everywhere he heard expressions of genuine regard for Leslie Rimes, who carried with him the esteem of many Peninsula folk. His activity on the field of sport had also attached to him the young life of the district, of which he was one of the most prominent athletes. Leslie was a "steady goer" in most things, but on the field of sport he was exceedingly fleet of foot. At the time of his departure from Australia he was one of the State's' most successful Sheffield runners; and while in training in England he was runner-up for the running championship of' his; division. As a basketball player and footballer his services' were also much in demand. Success in sport, however, never altered the nature of Sergeant Rimes, and it will ever be as a Christian gentleman that he will be remembered. The Rev. C.E. Schafer conducted an "in memoriam" service in the Bowden church and bore testimony of the late soldier's worth.
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