FRENCH, Leslie John
| Service Number: | 7237 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 February 1917, 3 years with ASC |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 18 September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hairdresser |
| Died: | Hit By Shell, Strazelle, near Meteren, France, 13 April 1918, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 71 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Junction Soldier's Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7237, 4th Infantry Battalion, 3 years with ASC | |
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| 24 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 7237, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Apr 1917: | Embarked Private, 7237, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
A Heroe memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
103 years ago today, on the 13th April 1918, Private Leslie John French, 4th Battalion (Reg No-7237), barber & hairdresser from "Kiaora", Melville Street, The Junction, Newcastle, New South Wales, was Killed in Action in France by an artillery shell, age 22 years 7 months.
Born at Newcastle, N.S.W. on the 10th September 1895 to John (died 1918) and Sophia (died 1931) Leslie French, enlisted February 1917 at Sydney, N.S.W.
Leslie is resting at Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, France. Plot II Row A Grave 71.
Mr French’s name has been inscribed on The Junction Soldiers' Monument and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not inscribed on the Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour.
Leslie has been memorialised at his parent’s gravesite at Sandgate Cemetery, and I have placed poppies in remembrance of their son’s supreme sacrifice for God, King and Country. CATHOLIC 1-10. 49.
Lest We Forget.
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