RUSSELL, Leonard William
| Service Number: | 966 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Edithburgh WW2 Roll of Honor, Edithburgh War Memorial, Midland Church of The Ascension Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 966, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 966, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle |
PTE RUSSELL 12 BN
FIRST DAY LANDER PTE RUSSELL 12 BN FROM BUNBURY WA
Trio: 1914/15 star, British War and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 966 Pte L. W. O. Russell 12 Bn AIF
Enlisted on the 14TH September 1914, as an original member of ‘H’ Company, 12th Bn AIF.
Private Leonard William Oertle Russell landed at Gallipoli on 25 Apr 1915 where he remained at Gallipoli with the Battalion to France.
In Dec 1916, Pte Russell was evacuated to England with trench foot, returning to Perth in Mar 1918 owing to poor eye-sight and subsequently discharged as medically unfit.
In WW2 he re-enlisted almost immediately on the 11th October 1939, serving with 10th Garrison Battalion until his discharge on the 15th June 1942,
On the 8th June 1946 ‘dying of the effects of war’ he was buried in the Karrakatta Cemetery, WA and is commemorated at the War Memorial, King’s Park, WA. †
Submitted 12 November 2019 by DOMINIC FOUNTAIN
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