AMOURIN, Leon
| Service Number: | 2249 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | New Caledonia, France, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Parkes, Parkes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wool classer |
| Died: | Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 15 August 1967, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Parkes Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2249, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2249, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2249, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney | |
| 4 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2249, 3rd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Joined 3rd Battalion at Anzac | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2249, 3rd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Severely wounded, left leg amputated |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Private Leon Amourin, of the 6th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, only joined the 3rd Battalion on Gallipoli a few days before the Battle of Lone Pine, the most savage and ferocious close-quarters engagement that took place in the Gallipoli campaign.
The trench fight lasted for over five days and at some stage Leon Amourin was badly wounded. He was evacuated to the hospital ship ‘Dunluce Castle’ where his left leg was amputated and he was taken to Malta. He was evacuated to England during October 1915 and spent most of 1916 in hospital. He was eventually returned to Australia during January 1917, fitted with an artificial leg.
Leon was a son of Madame Borne, of Milson's Point, Sydney, New South Wales. He was born in New Caledonia, and prior to enlisting he resided in Sydney, where he was engaged as a wool classer. It was reported that all the male members of the wounded soldier's family are in the military forces. His step-father and step-brother are both members of the French army, to join which they left Sydney at the beginning of the war. The former is an officer in charge of a reserve force stationed at St. Andre. One of his sons, Albert Borne, was wounded at Ypres fighting with the French. Leon’s brother, Gaston Amourin enlisted the Australian Medical Corps A.M.C. and another brother, Alfred Amourin also served with the 3rd Battalion.
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