WARD, Leslie
| Service Number: | 3377 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 April 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 8th Sanitary Section |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 8 May 1900 |
| Home Town: | Kelmscott, Armadale, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Teamster |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 28 March 1965, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Kelmscott War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 3377, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 22 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 3377, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 22 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 3377, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Sydney, Fremantle | |
| 8 Apr 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 3377, 8th Sanitary Section, ex Suez to Fremantle per HT Karoa |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Les (Leslie St Clair Ward) was the eldest of six children of Albert Edward Ward (b1871 in Sydney, NSW) and Henrietta Emma Busse (aka Emma; b1872 in Buenos Aeries, Argentina). Emma arrived with her father in Melbourne, Victoria in May 1882 on board the Amalfi. Albert (a Line Repairer) and Emma married in Perth WA in 1901. They settled in Kelmscott WA where Albert was a Line Repairer (WAGR), later moving to Perth.
Les was a Teamster working in Kelmscott, WA in 1917 when he enlisted in the AIF - giving his birth date as 1898 (in 1940 when he enlisted in the Army he gave his birthdate as 1900). Les was a Trooper (Service No:3377) with 10th Light Horse Regiment in Suez. He was in Isolation Camp at Moascar before transferring to the Mounted Division's Training Depot. Les was then seriously ill with Malaria and hospitalised in Beirut. He was a Driver attached to 8th Sanitary Section when he was Discharged inAugust 1919.
Returning to Perth, Les married Sophia (Sis) Louisa May Otway (b1898 in Beverley WA) in 1919 in Perth, WA. Les worked as a Labourer in Perth until 1930 when he and Sis divorced. Les then travelled around the country looking for work and by 1932 was in Bulli, New South Wales. He was in Murrurundi NSW when enlisted in the Army in 1940 (Private; Service No:NX6031) and was atatched to 2/4 Pioneers Battalion when he was Discharged in May 1942. Les' eldest son - Frederick Ernest Charles Ward (RAN, Sevice No:24029) was lost at sea in November 1941 when the HMAS Sydney III was sunk by the German cruiser Cormoran. Youngest son Keith St Clair Ward also served in the RAN (Service No:23367).
Les returned to Perth WA and worked as a Storemen. He died in 1965.