Leslie Joseph LAKEMAN

LAKEMAN, Leslie Joseph

    Service Number: 2712
    Enlisted: 31 July 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 55th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Hay, New South Wales, Australia, 24 November 1898
    Home Town: North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Hay Convent School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Died of wounds, France, 1 May 1917, aged 18 years
    Cemetery: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
    St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    31 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2712, 17th Infantry Battalion
    2 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 2712, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    2 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 2712, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    1 May 1917: Involvement Private, 2712, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2712 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-01

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    Leslie Lakeman enlisted when he was only 16 years of age. He joined with the 17th Battalion and transferred to the 55th Battalion when in Egypt prior to going to France. He was severely wounded in the head on 1 April 1917 but lived for over a month before he died of wounds at Rouen in France. He was then 18 years of age.

    His older brother, 849 Pte. Allen Michael Lakeman 1st Battalion AIF, had died of wounds at Gallipoli 15 August 1915. Age 23. 

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