LESLIE, Albert Victor
Service Number: | 5609 |
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Enlisted: | 16 May 1916, Quorn, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Jamestown, South Australia, 11 January 1892 |
Home Town: | Hawker, Flinders Ranges, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Hault Allaines, France, 2 September 1918, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 39. His name is located at panel 110 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT., Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hawker Residents of Hawker Honour Roll, Hawker Walk of Honour, Hawker War Memorial Park, Hawker and District WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
16 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Quorn, South Australia | |
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12 Aug 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 5609, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' |
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12 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5609, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
Date unknown: | Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Born 11 January 1892 in Jamestown, South Australia
(SA Birth record. Source: South Australian Births 1842 - 1906 Book: 493 Page: 399 District: Cla.)
- Father William LESLIE and Mother Emily Leslie (nee Cousins).
Albert lived with his parents in Hawker, South Australia, prior to enlisting.
Mother had moved to Wilochra Siding, via Quorn, SA.
Described on enlisting as 24 years 5 months old; single; 5' 6 1/2" tall; 163 lbs;
fair complexion; blue eyes; dark hair; Methodist.
16/5/1916 Enlisted at Quorn, South Australia
Completed medical at Quorn, fit for service
12/8/1916 Embarked from Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide on board HMAT Ballarat A70
as a Private with the 27th Infantry, 15th reinforcements
8/6/1916 Commanding Officer appointed Albert to E Company, Adelaide Camp
2/9/1918 Killed in action
buried in:
Later exhumed and rebured in: Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 39
Medals:
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 15/2/2015. Lest we forget.