Leonard Griffith LLEWELYN

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LLEWELYN, Leonard Griffith

Service Number:	2189
Enlisted:	16 May 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bexley, New South Wales, Australia, 22 March 1897
Home Town:	Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Enoggera, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

16 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2189, 4th Infantry Battalion
16 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2189, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
16 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2189, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Arrived on Gallipoli as part of the sixth reinforcements of the 4th Battalion on the 4 August 1915. Killed in action during the attack on Lone Pine, at 18 years of age.

His older brother 87 Company Quartermaster Sergeant Jenkyn James Llewelyn 45th Battalion AIF was killed in action 12 October 1917, age 23.

Both associated with Kogarah NSW, and their parents lived at Hurstville NSW.

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