TROUT, Leslie Gordon
| Service Numbers: | 2159, Q185111, Q185111 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Area Staff |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 28 June 1890 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Ashgrove State School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, 21 May 1981, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Gladstone Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant Mechanic, 2159, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1) | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement Lieutenant, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked Lieutenant, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 7 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), embarked Alexandria for Marseilles | |
| 9 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion | |
| 27 Apr 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, embarked England for Melbourne on board the HT Runic | |
| 20 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 26 Jan 1940: | Involvement Q185111 | |
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| 26 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Q185111, Area Staff | |
| 26 Jan 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 26 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Q185111 | |
| 5 May 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Q185111, Area Staff |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Lieutenant Leslie Gordon Trout enlisted in the AIF on 16 August 1915 as a Private (Service No:2159), and was a Lieutenant on 11 March 1916 when he embarked with 5th Light Horse Regiment from Sydney for Suez on board HMAT A67 Orsova. Lieutenant Trout then embarked from Alexandria for Marseilles on 7 June 1916, and in July transferred to 1 ANZAC Cyclist Battalion. Lieutenant Trout embarked from England for Melbourne on 27 April 1919 on board HT Runic, and was attached to the Corps Cyclist Battalion at Termination of Appointment on 20 September 1919 (Transferred to Retired List on 13 January 1921). In WWII, Lietenant Trout served in the ACMF with Area Staff (Service No:Q185111) from 26 January 1940 to 5 May 1944.
Leslie was born in Brisbane QLD in 1890, ninth of twelve children of Richard Taylor Trout (b1851 in Devon, England) and Sophie Anne Newman (b1854 in Hertfordshire, England). Richard immigrated in 1855, arriving in Brisbane QLD with his parents and siblings on board the Cambodie, and Sophie immigrated in 1862, arriving in Brisbane, QLD on board the Jessie Munn. Richard worked for the Government Printing Office and then as a Baker before heading off for the Palmer Goldfields in the Gympie Region, where he was a Miner. Returning to Brisbane, Richard was a Butcher in 1872 when he and Sophie married in Brisbane, where they settled and raised their family. Richard was a Master Butcher, establishing R Trout & Sons, and served as a Member and Chair of the Ashgrove State School Committee, as a member of the QLD Ambulance Transport Brigade (QATB) Committee and the Young Mens' Christian Association (YMCA) Committee. He was the MLA for Enoggera from 1911 to 1915.
Leslie started work in Brisbane as a Clerk, and in 1916 when he enlisted in the AIF was a Grazier at Calvert Plains, Cotherstone via St Lawrence. In 1916 he married Edna Keid (b1891 in Brisbane, QLD), and following his Discharge from the Army, he and Enid lived at Calvert Plains before settling at Greenoaks in Mitchell, where they raised their family and Leslie was a Grazier. By the late 1930's Leslie and Enid had moved to Brisbane, where Leslie was a Merchant (Supplier of Fancy Timber). Enid died in 1969, and Leslie then moved to Gladstone, where he died in 1981.
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