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VILLIS, Leyshon
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 748 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 November 1914, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Mountain Ash Parish, Wales, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, The Nek, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Lone Pine Memorial. Panel 11 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 748, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 19 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 748, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 748, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle | |
| 16 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 748, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 30 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 748, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, 30. 5. 1915. Bomb Wound to head and neck at Gallipoli, transferred to Hospital Ship, then to Heliopolis in Cairo, Egypt, to 1 A.G.H. then to Hospital at Helwan on 25. 6. 1915. Embarked from Egypt and reported to Duty at Gallipoli Peninsula with 10th Light Horse Regiment 5. 8. 1915. | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 748, 10th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 748 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07 | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 748, 10th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, 748 Trooper Leyshon Villis, of the 10th Light Horse Regiment was Killed in Action at Walker's Ridge, Gallipoli, Turkey on 7th August 1915. He was 23 years of age. His body was not recovered, he has no known grave, his name is upon the Lone Pine Memorial along with his bother Stanley. |
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