CRICHTON, Leslie Norman
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 11 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West End, Brisbane - Queensland, Australia, 6 January 1891 |
| Home Town: | West End, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | State School College, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Soldier, Bank Officer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 30 November 1963, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 12, Section 13 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 4 Oct 1915: | Involvement 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Oct 1915: | Embarked 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Sydney | |
| 8 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 46th Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 46th Infantry Battalion, Wounded in action in France on 9 Jun 1917, G.S.W. left ankle. | |
| 6 Jul 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 46th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Note- his father, Cpt. Archibald Edward Crichton (4th Qld Imp. Bushmen), and two of his older brothers, Lt. Archibald Frederick Crichton (2nd Qld Mounted Infantry), and Lt. Aubrey De Pree Crichton (4th & 6th Qld Imp. Bushmen) had served previously in the South African (Boer) War.
When Leslie Norman Crichton enlisted in 1915 for WW1 it was noted on his Attestation Paper, dated 11 Jun 1915, that he; was born at West End, Brisbane, and 23 years 6 months of age; he was single and a bank clerk; and his N.O.K. was his mother M. E. Crichton, West End, Brisbane. On his Application For A Commission, dated 14 Oct 1915, he noted his N.O.K. as his father A. E. Crichton, West End.
Leslie Norman Crichton was born on 6 Jan 1891 in Brisbane, a son to Archibald Edward Crichton and Mary Elizabeth Crichton (nee Blastock). He married Dorothy Kathleen Ross on 3 Sep 1925 at St. Peter's Church of England, West End, Brisbane, and he worked with the Queensland National Bank.
(source- National Archives Australia- ww1 service records; newspaper articles- see links).