David Ray (Ray) LEED

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LEED, David Ray

Service Number:	3168
Enlisted:	17 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gunbower, Victoria, Australia, 8 August 1893
Home Town:	Mologa, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling:	Central Mologa Public School and Mologa East Public School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 15 July 1916, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mologa War Memorial, Pyramid Hill Calivil North State School No 2067 Honor Roll, Pyramid Hill Central Molga School Roll of Honour, Pyramid Hill Mologa East State School No 1836 Roll of Honour WW1, Pyramid Hill RSL Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

17 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3168, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
26 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3168, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
15 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3168, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3168 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-15

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Biography

"...3168 Private David Ray (Ray) Leed, 23rd Battalion. A farmer from Central Mologa, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Leed embarked with the 7th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Commonwealth on 26 November 1915. Later transferring to the 58th Battalion and then to the 57th Battalion, he was killed in action at Pozieres, France, aged 22 and was buried in the Rue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

"KILLED IN ACTION. PRIVATE D. R. LEED.

Private David Ray Leed, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Leed, of Central Mologa, was killed in action in France on 15th July. He enlisted in July, 1915, and sailed from Australia towards the end of November. After six months spent in training in Egypt, he sailed for France at the end of June with one of the battalions organised in Egypt. He was a member of the Mologa Methodist Choir, and a well-known player of the Mologa Football Club. Another son of Mr. and Mrs. Leed, Lance-Corporal W. G. Leed, is abroad with the 38th (Bendigo) Battalion." - from the Bendigonian 14 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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