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LEAKE, Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1221 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | King Edward's Horse |
| Born: | Mailors Flat, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia, 1 April 1923, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Boorowa Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Sergeant, 1221, King Edward's Horse |
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Enlisted 11 August 1915.
A Squadron
Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal.
During the advance from Lille, up to the termination of hostilities he showed conspicuous gallantry and leadership on all occasions. On 18th October he led a most successful reconnoitring patrol to Babylone. On 9th November he was conspicuous in his leading, when some sixty enemy infantry with guns, ten Lewis guns and a Uhlan patrol were driven from Melles and several prisoners taken.
Reserve 5 April 1919
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