Leonard Bruce SEYMOUR

Badge Number: 11521, Sub Branch: Norwood, SA
11521

SEYMOUR, Leonard Bruce

Service Number: 3423
Enlisted: 18 October 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Pioneer Battalion
Born: Avoca, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town: Coffs Harbour, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Salvation Army Officer
Died: Beulah Park South Australia, 11 October 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
Kendrow Oval, Road: 1A, Grave 35
Memorials: Coffs Harbour Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

18 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3423, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
25 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 3423, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
25 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 3423, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
25 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3423, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Gunshot wound to the abdomen. Invalided to England on 30 August 1918
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Private, 3423
21 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3423, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

At the time of enlisting he was residing at Coffs Harbour, NSW

Son of James Tudor Seymour and Margaret Seymour nee Ives of Ascot Vale, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 6 January 1919 aboard Takada disembarking in Melbourne on the 11 February 1919

During 1924 Leonard married Leah Oates in Victoria. Father of Mena Leslie Seymour