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ANSELL, Leithly Fredrick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6517 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 November 1916, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Roma, Queensland, Australia, 16 October 1896 |
| Home Town: | Longreach, Longreach, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station hand |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 May 1958, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6517, Rockhampton, Queensland | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6517, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6517, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6517, 25th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, GSW (back) | |
| 4 Apr 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6517, 25th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Qld BDM records Christian names as Frederick Leikley, son of William Edmund Ansell and Annie Frances O'Donnell
Biography contributed by Raelene Smith
Address given at his enlistment was Leichhardt Hotel, Longreach, Queensland where his mother, Annie Frances Cameron was also living.
His brothers, 852 Pte Lancelot Herbert and 4129 Pte Edward Raymond Ansell also enlisted in WW1.
Married Kelsey Heritage on 15 January 1921.
Children to the marriage were Maureen Mavis born on 3 March 1921 and Maxwell Morton born on 25 September 1923.
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