ROUSE, Leslie Hutchinson
| Service Numbers: | 302, V85737 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 1 |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Fairfield Park, Melbourne, Vic., 5 September 1890 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tramway Employee |
| Memorials: | Poowong Great War Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 302, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 302, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Jun 1940: | Enlisted V85737 | |
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| 19 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 1, V85737 | |
| 22 May 1944: | Discharged Warrant Officer Class 1, V85737 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Another who slipped off quietly some time ago on the trail of the Hun is L. H. Rouse, of the East Melbourne Harriers. His brother, W. G. Rouse, who has won so many field games championships in the last twelve, years, was down from the country last week, and while on a visit to Mr John Power at Abbotsford, announced that his younger brother was in the trenches, being, at latest advices, well and fit. There are several dozen reasons why the writer would not like to be fighting for the Germans. One is that he might meet L.
H. Rouse in a bayonet charge. The photograph reproduced below, gives a good idea-of his fine physique. It was taken on the day of the last State championship meeting, in March, 1915, when he won the Shot Put with a put of 38ft. 4in., and also the Hammer later in the afternoon. Rouse did not, however, perform that afternoon up to his best efforts in practice, at which he had registered 40ft. with the weight and 110ft. with the hammer. The runner-up to Rouse in both the championships mentioned, A. D. Robertson, is also in France.
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