BLEECHMORE, Leslie Clare
| Service Number: | 5697 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Clare, South Australia, Australia., 21 May 1887 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk (before enlistment), Surveyor (after return) |
| Died: | Malaria, Malaysia , 23 July 1921, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Crown Lands Department WW1 Honour Board, Auburn Primary School WW1 Honor Roll, Clare St Barnabas Anglican Church WW1 Honour Board, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jan 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5697, 3rd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Jan 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5697, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Runic, Sydney |
Obituary - Mr. Lesley Clare Bleechmore
Obituary - Mr. Leslie Clare Bleechmore.
The news of the death of Mr. Leslie Clare Bleechmore, which was received
in Adelaide on Tuesday by cablegram, will be received with regret among
the large number of his friends.
He was born at Clare on May 21, 1887, and received his early education at the Clare Public School, and later at St. Peter's College, where he represented his school in cricket and tennis.
He enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force, and had four years' service abroad, being promoted to the rank, of lieutenant with the 3rd Field Company of Engineers.
On his return from active service he was successful in an examination, and obtained his cetificate as a licensed surveyor. Last year he secured an important position as surveyor in the Federated Malay States,and left Adelaide for his new sphere of work in November.
Obituaries." Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931) 30 July 1921: 31. <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165650550>
Submitted 27 April 2016 by Helen Smoker