NASH, Leo Charles
| Service Number: | 3146 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 July 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia, 4 September 1893 |
| Home Town: | Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | farmer and tramway employee |
| Died: | Pulmonary Thrombosis, Islington West, New South Wales, Australia, 1 August 1934, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-36. 2. |
| Memorials: | Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial, Glen Innes Pinkett Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jul 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3146, Australian Remount Unit (India and Egypt) | |
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| 14 Sep 1918: | Involvement Private, 3146, Australian Remount Unit (India and Egypt), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Darwin embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 14 Sep 1918: | Embarked Private, 3146, Australian Remount Unit (India and Egypt), SS Port Darwin, Sydney | |
| 14 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3146, 4th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
89 years ago today, on the Thursday afternoon of the 2nd August 1934, Private Leo Charles L Nash, 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Reg No-3146), farmer and tramway employee from 624 Bourke Street, Moore Park, New South Wales and Price Street, Islington West, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 40. CATHOLIC 2-36. 2.
Born at Narrabri, New South Wales on the 4th September 1893 to Edward A and Annie M Nash of Glen Innes, New South Wales; husband of Muriel Catherine Emily Nash nee Lawler (married 1924, Newcastle, N.S.W., remarried to David John Miller, 1943, Glen Innes, N.S.W., died?), Leo enlisted on the 4th July 1918 with the Australian Remount Unit, Egypt at Sydney, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board SS Port Darwin on the 14th September 1918.
Did not serve in a theatre of war, therefore was not granted Victory Medal.
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, welcome home, etc.
Mr. Nash’s name has been inscribed on the Glen Innes & District Soldiers' Memorial and the Glen Innes Pinkett Roll of Honour.
The tragic circumstances of Leo’s death were reported collapsed and died at home (see links).
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at Leo’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Older brother Augustus Joseph (born 15.9.1889, Narrabri, New South Wales, labourer from Glen Innes, New South Wales, enlisted 4.9.1914, an Original Anzac, 1st Division Motor Transport Company, Reg No-1596, RTA 25.12.1918 (granted Special 1914 Leave), died 17.7.1978, age 88, N.S.W., place unknown, not officially commemorated) also served 1st A.I.F.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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