SHEFFIELD, Leslie Andrew
| Service Number: | 2512 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1899 |
| Home Town: | Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cattle Drover |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 26 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval Plot XV111, Row Q, Grave 3 Headstone inscription reads: Adieu dear lad what need of tears or fears for you, Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newtown Superior Public School Great War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2512, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2512, 17th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2512, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
At the time of death his true age was 17 years.
Son of Willliam and Susannah Sheffield of 188 Wilson Street, Newtown, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Ian Fletcher
Whenever I am in the vicinity of Delville Wood on the Somme, I always make a visit to the Cemetery to pay my respects to one of the youngest Lads and the only member of the 17th Battalion A.I.F. who rests there;
2512 Private Leslie Sheffield, aged 17, died of wounds he received in the bombing attack on Munster Alley on the Pozieres battlefield, 26th July 1916, he was buried on the Battlefield and was not found until 1923 then he was re-interred in Delville Wood Military Cemetery.
17th Battalion A.I.F. 'Not Forgotten'
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