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STRAHAN, Leslie James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2998 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 2998, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 2998, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Persic, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
Amiens Railway Gun
Les Strahan had been a driver for the Western Australian Railways. Therefore, he was able to drive the steam locomotive attached to a large railway gun that was captured near Villers-Bretonneux in northern France on 8th August 1918. The gun was brought to Australia and put on display at Sydney's Central Station.
See article "The Amiens Gun" Part 1, by Geoff Lillico and Bill Phippen OAM, in Australian Railway History April 2023, pages 4-11. Australian Railway History is published by the Australian Railway Historical Society.
Submitted 15 April 2023 by John Oakes