LESTER, Augustus
| Service Number: | 2109 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Singleton, New South Wales , Australia, 30 June 1895 |
| Home Town: | Singleton, Northumberland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Hit By Shell, Quarry, Bray - Corbie Rd, France, 23 August 1918, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singleton War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2109, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2109, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2109, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2109, 34th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW back, severe | |
| 6 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2109, 34th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW leg |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
FromGary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
103 years ago today, on the 23rd August 1918, Private Augustus Adolphus Lester, 34th Battalion (Reg No-2109), labourer from Mount Olive, New South Wales, was Killed in Action, age 23.
No Roll of Honour circular submitted.
Born at Singleton, New South Wales on the 30th June 1895 as LEYCESTER to Edward Leycester (died 1915, Singleton, N.S.W.) and Mary (died 1913, Singleton, N.S.W.) Lester nee Smith, Augustus enlisted March 1916 at Singleton, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 7.6.1917 (GSW back, severe, Battle of Messines), 3.4.1918 (GSW leg).
Augustus’s name has been inscribed on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.
Mr. Lester’s name has also been inscribed on the Singleton & District War Memorial (photos, unveiled on the 29th November 1925, 566 names inscribed, 101 Honoured Dead).
Older brother Frederick (Fredrick, photo in uniform), Depot, C Company, 36th Battalion, born 1886, died 1955, discharged at Rutherford Camp, 1.6.1916 (served 69 days, medically unfit, flat foot) resting same location. ANGLICAN 3-194. 39.
There is no headstone for Frederick, but a cross has been erected by persons unknown, therefore there is no memorial inscription to tell us of the supreme sacrifice of brother Augustus during The Great War, and as I am unable to erect a memorial cross so I have placed poppies in remembrance of the service of these two brothers.
Many thanks to Mr. Lester's Great Grandson Stephen Bowes for the notification and family history.
Lest We Forget.
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