SAUNDERS, Leslie James
| Service Numbers: | 966, R966 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 February 1915, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mathinna, Tasmania, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Mathinna, Break O'Day, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Mathinna State School, Liffey State School |
| Occupation: | Wood Cutter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 26 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Liffey Mountain Vale Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Liffey State School Roll of Honour Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 966, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 966, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 966, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 4 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 966, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, R966, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Palermo embarkation_ship_number: A56 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, R966, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Palermo, Melbourne | |
| 13 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 966, 26th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 966 awm_unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Robert Saunders of Mathinna, Tasmania
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
TASMANIAN CASUALTIES.
PERSONAL NOTES.
News has been received at Mathinna that Private Leslie Saunders has been killed in action in France. He was invalided home from Egypt owing to an illness, and after a spell went out again a few months ago, and had seen a good deal of fighting. He was the eldest son of Mr. Robert Saunders, a very old resident and universal sympathy is expressed for the parents. "Bundy", as Private Saunders was better known to many both on Mathinna and other mining fields was popular, and always ready to make part in any sport.
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