DORAN, Leslie George
| Service Number: | 1843 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 29 March 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Railway Operating Company |
| Born: | Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia, 13 July 1892 |
| Home Town: | Maryville, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Locomotive fireman |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 13 December 1956, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-138. 86. |
| Memorials: | N.S.W.G.R. Loco Depot Port Waratah HR |
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
67 years ago today, on the 14th December 1956, Sergeant Leslie George Doran, 2nd Australian Light Railway Operating Company (Reg No-1843), locomotive fireman from McMichael Street, Maryville, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 64. ANGLICAN 2-138. 86.
Born at Tenterfield, New South Wales on the 13th July 1892 to Henry, died 13.10.1915, Wickham, N.S.W., age 69, ANGLICAN 1-58. 5, from McMichael Street, Maryville, N.S.W. and Louisa Doran, died 13.3.1945, from 215 Trafalgar Street, Petersham, New South Wales and 207 Denison Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., age?, ANGLICAN 1-58. 5; husband of Florence May Doran nee Jones (married 1921, Stockton, N.S.W., died 10.7.1982, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 87, sleeping here), Leslie enlisted on the 2nd April 1917 with the 5th Railway Unit at Sydney, N.S.W.
Final leave allowed from 5 p.m. 29.3.1917 to 9 a.m. 2.4.1917.
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on the 11th May 1917.
Admitted to hospital 25.5.1918 (haemorrhoids).
Granted leave to England from 8.9.1918 to 24.9.1918.
Granted leave to Paris from 25.1.1919 to 5.2.1919.
Leslie arrived home on the 17th August 1919, being discharged on the 17th September 1919.
Mr. Doran’s name has been inscribed on the Port Waratah Locomotive Depot Roll of Honour. Name not inscribed on the NSW Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour 1914-1919.
I have placed poppies at Leslie’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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