HAMILTON, Leslie William
| Service Number: | 337 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 25 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wodonga, Victoria, Australia, 8 January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Yackandandah School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Fireman |
| Died: | Wounds, Military Hosptial, Hampstead, United Kingdom, 15 September 1915, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Hampstead Cemetery Plot Q, Row 4, Grave 33 Headstone inscription reads: Thy will be done |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Newtown Superior Public School Great War Memorial, Wagga Wagga Cenotaph, Wagga Wagga Victory Memorial Arch |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 337, Enlisted at Sydney | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 337, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 337, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 12 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 337, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell wound to the chest and invalided to England on 3 September 1915 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Leslie William Robert HAMILTON, (Service Number 337) was born on 8 January 1894 at Yackandandah, Victoria. His parents were William John and Hannah Jane Hamilton. He first worked for the NSWGR as a cleaner at Junee Locomotive Depot from 15 July 1913. He enlisted at Sydney on 26 August 1914 and was allotted to the 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion. He was unmarried and gave his father living in Wagga Wagga as his next of kin.
Submitted 22 August 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 15th September.....Private Leslie William Hamilton was born at Wodonga, Victoria in 1894. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 25th August, 1914 as a 20 year old worker for NSW Government Railways.
Private Leslie William Hamilton embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Euripides (A14) on 20th October, 1914 with the 3rd Infantry Battalion “B” Company. He embarked on Derflinger to join M.E.F. (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) on 5th April, 1915.
Private Hamilton was wounded at Gallipoli between 7 – 12th August, 1915*. He was admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station at Mudros on 6th August, 1915* with bullet wound/s to chest from Anzac. Private Hamilton landed at Plymouth, England on 3rd September, 1915 from Soudan. (Note: *dates are as listed on Casualty Form – Active Service)
According to information provided by his mother for the Roll of Honour – Private Leslie William Hamilton was wounded at Gallipoli on Lone Pine Charge on 6th August, 1915.
Private Hamilton was admitted to Military Hospital, Hampstead, London, England on 4th September, 1915 with bullet wounds to chest.
Private Leslie William Hamilton died on 15th September, 1915 at Military Hospital, Hampstead, London, England from effects of G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s) to chest received in action at Gallipoli. He was buried in Hampstead Cemetery, London, England where 4 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/hampstead.html
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Leslie William Robert HAMILTON (Service Number 337) was born on 8th January 1894 at Yackandandah, Victoria. His parents were William John and Hannah Jane Hamilton. He first worked for the NSW Government Railways as a cleaner at Junee Locomotive Depot from 15th July 1913. He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces. He enlisted at Sydney on 26th August 1914 and was allotted to the 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion. He was unmarried and gave his father living in Wagga Wagga as his next of kin.
Hamilton left Australia from Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Euripides’ on 20th October 1914 and was transported Egypt for further training. He embarked at Alexandria aboard HMT ‘Derfflinger’ on 5th April 1915 to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force for the Gallipoli landing. He landed there on Anzac Day or soon after. In early August he was wounded and evacuated to Mudros (on the Greek island of Lemnos) and then to England where he arrived on 3rd September. The efforts to convey him so far to the best hospitals of the age such as the Military Hospital, New End, Hampstead were in vain as he died two weeks later on 15th September from the bullet wound to his chest.
He was buried in the Hempstead Cemetery, London. Some re-organisation of this cemetery occurred later in the war as his remains were exhumed and re-interred, though within the same cemetery.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Click images to start slideshow.