WESTON, Leonard Herbert
Service Number: | 1586 |
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Enlisted: | 2 December 1914, Oaklands, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Port Augusta, South Australia, 12 March 1894 |
Home Town: | Olary, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 25 June 1915, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot 1, Row K, Grave 8 |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cummins War Memorial, Orroroo District Roll of Honour WW1, Orroroo War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
2 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1586, Oaklands, South Australia | |
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19 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1586, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
19 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1586, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
25 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1586, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
"THE LATE PRIVATE L. H. WESTON.
The news was received last week that Private Leonard H. Weston. who was serving with the 3rd Reinforcements to the 10th Battalion, had been killed in action on the Gallipoli Peninsula on July 6. Private Weston was only 21 years of age. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Weston, of Black Rock, and was well known and highly respected on the West Coast. He was one of the first to enlist from that district. His brother, Private Alfred Weston, is serving the Empire, and another brother is in camp in Western Australia." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 04 Sep 1915 (nla.gov.au)
Son of Alfred Leonard Weston and Mabel Annie Brumby; brother of Daisie Doris Weston, Alfred Lewis Weston, Bertie Bruce Weston, Leila Maud Weston, Robert Hugh Weston, Ida May Weston, Mary Nightingale Weston, Charles James Weston, Jack Keith Weston, Jean Berry Weston and Melba Nightingale Weston.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal