HOLLIDAY, Leonard George
| Service Number: | 15562 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 May 1916, Leonard George Holliday enlisted to join the war only a month after his 18th birthday on May 5th, 1916 in Adelaide, South Australia before leaving for Port Melbourne for his embarkation. |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 2 April 1898 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Goodwood Primary School, Adelaide High School |
| Occupation: | Junior Teacher |
| Died: | Unknown, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 28 August 1942, aged 44 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide High School Great War Honour Board, Goodwood Public School WW1 Roll of Honor, South Australian Education Department Roll of Honour, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 5 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 15562, 2nd Depot Battalion, Leonard George Holliday enlisted to join the war only a month after his 18th birthday on May 5th, 1916 in Adelaide, South Australia before leaving for Port Melbourne for his embarkation. | |
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| 23 Oct 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 15562, 5th Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Port Melbourne, Adelaide | |
| 23 Oct 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 15562, 5th Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 15 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 15562, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Priv. Leonard George Holliday suffered from a severe gunshot wound in his right leg and was transferred to a hospital in Bristol. | |
| 1 May 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 15562, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Merris (France) | |
| 26 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 15562, 5th Divisional Signal Company | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 15562, 5th Divisional Signal Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide High School
George Leonard Holliday was born on the April 2nd of 1898, living on 21 Gurr Street, Goodwood Park, Adelaide, for the early years of his life. He attended Goodwood Primary School and pursued higher education in Adelaide Boys High School on Grote Street. When he was 18 years and one month old, on May 5th, 1916, Holliday decided to enlist and join to fight the war, embarking on 23rd October of the same year. After serving in France and suffering a gunshot wound to his right leg, on the 26th of June 1919, George Leonard Holliday was discharged and returned to Australia after 3 years of service. Rather than return to his hometown of Adelaide, he settled in northern Perth, on 524 Fitzgerald Street. On the 28th of August, he passed at the age of 44 due to unknown causes, being cremated at Karrakatta Cemetery, the ashes being taken by the funeral director.