HENDERSON, Leslie Lancelot
| Service Number: | 4515 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Moree, New South Wales, Australia, January 1988 |
| Home Town: | Boggabri, Narrabri, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Islington, New South Wales, Australia, 4 May 1959, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW GENERAL-31. 68. |
| Memorials: | Boggabri War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4515, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4515, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney | |
| 16 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4515, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4515, 5th Pioneer Battalion, GSW face | |
| 16 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4515, 5th Pioneer Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Returned Veteran of The Great War, resting in unmarked grave at Sandgate Cemetery, will be officially commemorated with a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip, his Honour and Dignity to be restored.
Private Leslie Havelock Henderson, 13th Battalion & 5th Australian Pioneer Battalion (Reg No-4515), labourer (sleeper cutter) from Boggabri, New South Wales and 50 Fern Street, Islington, N.S.W., laid to rest on the 5th May 1959, age 72. GENERAL-31. 68.
Wooden cross erected - 5.7.2020.
Wounded in action - 11.12.1916 (GSW face, jaw), returned home, invalided, June 1919.
Mr Henderson’s name has been inscribed on the Boggabri War Memorial.
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