HARVEY, Leslie Morison
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Royal Field Artillery |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 6 February 1888 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | South Australia, Australia, 14 January 1975, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia Row 7 North - East Side |
| Memorials: | The Adelaide Club Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery |
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Son of James HARVEY and Jessie Matilda HARVEY nee ROE - his father was Chariman of the Bank of Adelaide.
Husband of Eileen Llevelys HARVEY nee THOMAS
Brother of Capt. Gilbert Aberdein HARVEY Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps attd. 1st Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment).
Father of Flying Officer Alain Morison HARVEY 416571
Alain was killed when his aircraft Handley Page Halifax II, Serial Number DT488, after taking off on a night raid from Graveley to Dortmund was lost. 826 aircraft- the largest since the 1000 bomber raids. 38 aircraft Lost (4.6%). PFF met with clear conditions and marked the target accurately, leading to a good raid. Much devastation was wreaked across large parts of the city. In particular the Hoesch steelworks were put out of action. 624 were killed. This was the last sizeable raid on Dortmund for exactly one year. The plane crashed near Wanne Eickel, Germany
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