SHELTON, Leonard Frank
| Service Number: | 1555 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 March 1915, Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kangaroo Gully, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Kangaroo Flat State School |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 26 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Golden Square District, Kangaroo Flat Soldiers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1555, Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1555, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1555, 24th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
| 12 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1555, 57th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1555, 57th Infantry Battalion, Bomb wound to right arm and face. | |
| 8 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1555, 57th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) | |
| 25 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 57th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1555, 57th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, KIA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Bendigonian, Thursday 1 November 1917 page 11:
PRIVATE L. F. SHELTON.
"Mr. and Mrs. H. Shelton, of Kangaroo Gully, have received word from the Defence department stating that their third son, Private Leonard F. Shelton, of the 57th Battalion, was killed in action on the 26th of September in France.
He was born and brought up in Kangaroo Gully, was educated at the Kangaroo Flat State School and was 22 years of age. He enlisted in March, 1915 and embarked on the 25th June, 1915.
Prior to enlisting he was employed for four years by Mr. Thomas G. Issell, butcher, Golden Square. He was well respected by all that knew him. The sad news was conveyed to the parents by the Rev. W. J. Foster."
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