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HUBBARD, Leslie Herbert
| Service Number: | 2102 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 39th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rosewater, South Australia, Australia, March 1898 |
| Home Town: | Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Board (Original), Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2102, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2102, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 22 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 39th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2102, 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Battle of Messines | |
| 19 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 39th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2102, 39th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, Recorded missing | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2102, 39th Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2102, 39th Infantry Battalion |
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Leslie Herbert Hubbard
Leslie Herbert Hubbard was born in approximately March 1898 in Rosewater, South Australia. When he was 18 and 3 months on the 1st of July 1916, he enlisted in the First World War. He was 5 foot five, weighed 68 kilograms, he had tanned skin, hazel eyes and light brown hair. He lived at 48 Rose Terrace, Wayville, South Australia with his father, Francis George Hubbard.
Leslie Herbert Hubbard was a single young man who was a farm hand before his service in the war. When he enlisted in the war his rank was private, his service number was 2102 and embarked on ship HMAT Anchises A68 on the 43rd Battalion.
He embarked for England on the28th August 1916 and arrived on 11th October 1916. After training in England he was sent to the 39th Battalion in France in May 1917. In June he was detached to the 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery. He served with them for several months and returned to the 39th Battalion in March 1918.
The 39th Battalion fought at Amiens in August 1918. On 10th August Hubbard was reported missing but managed to rejoin his unit by the 14th.
He was granted to leave to England from France on the 27th of August 1918, and from England Leslie travelled to Plymouth from the 28th of February 1919 to the 1st of March 1919. After that he travelled form Plymouth to Devonport and Devonport back to Australia, He returned back to Australia on the 12th of May 1919 on the Soudan.
He returned back to Adelaide to his father and to his home safely. He was in World War One for 2 years, 10 months and 12 days
On the 5th of May 1932 he received a letter saying that he would receive a British War Medal. After he was discharged from the war, he moved to New South Wales looking for work as a carpenter.
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