HAMMOND, Leslie John Hellier
| Service Number: | 287 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 November 1914, Claremont |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Rockdale, New South Wales , Australia, 15 March 1892 |
| Home Town: | Claremont, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Dalkeith, Western Australia, 9 July 1972, aged 80 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Wesleyan: Section EA; Grave 0698 |
| Memorials: | Corrigin & District Great War Roll of Honor, Corrigin War Memorial, West Leederville Town Hall HB2 |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 287, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Claremont | |
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| 8 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 287, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Fremantle | |
| 8 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 287, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
| 16 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 287, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 287, 10th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
| 19 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 16 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 29 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 16 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 19 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
| 21 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 17 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Squadron Sergeant Major, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Beersheba | |
| 22 Feb 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 1 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Es Salt Raid, GSW left elbow (severe) | |
| 30 Aug 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HT Wiltshire, Suez for return to Australia (Medically Unfit) - arriving 24 September 1918. | |
| 20 Dec 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
The oldest of three brothers to serve in the AIF during the Great War.
Leslie John Hellier Hamond was born at Rockdale in New South Wales and enlisted shortly after war broke out in late 1914 at Claremont, Western Australia where he was a farmer.
The twenty two year old private embarked with the 10th Light Horse at Fremantle for the front on 8 February 1915.
He was to rise through the ranks to Lieutenant in a dedicated military career that saw him involved in all the major engagements against the Turks, from Gallipoli to Beersheba to Es Salt, with the 10th Light Horse Brigade.
It was in the raid at Es Salt on 1 May 1918 where his war came to a halt. Lieutenant Hammond received a severe gun shot wound that shattered his left elbow ultimately resulting in his repatriation to Australia in September 1918.
His other two brothers also saw action at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. Tragically younger brother Corporal Allan Portsmouth Hammond was killed in action at Pozieres in August 1916, whilst his other brother Walter survived a leg wound on Gallipoli and the horrors of France to return to Australia after the Armistice.
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