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War Memorial
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Son of Lionel LEE, Carpenter Street, Bendigo, Vic.

Enlisted Catnerbury Infantry Battalion )13th) on 23 August 1914

Wounded at the Dardanelles 09 May 1915 and admitted to hospital in Malta.  Rejoined his unit 27 August 1915 and wounded for a second time 01 September 1915 with a gunshot wound to the thigh (fractured).

Invalided to New Zealand 20 November 1915 per SS 'Tahiti'

PTE. H. V. LEE.
Many footballers will remember Pte. Horace Victor Lee, who was some years ago a member of the Church of  Christ football team. He is 21 years of age, and  enlisted with the 13th Canterbury Regiment, from New Zealand. Before leaving Bendigo about six years ago,  he was employed by Mr. Pierce Butler, dentist. He was  engaged driving a winch on the Southern Alps, New Zealand, at the time he volunteered. Mr. Lionel Lee, father of Pte. Lee, is well known in Bendigo as a Past  District President of the Sandhurst Lodge of Druids. 

Private H. V. Lee (wounded) is 21 years of age, and a  son of Mr. L. W. Lee, secretary of the Carters' and  Drivers' Union, of Bendigo. He went to New Zealand about three years ago, and when the war broke out he enlisted with the 18th Canterbury Regiment. His injury consists of a fractured thigh, caused by a rifle shot.