KING, Leslie William
| Service Number: | 175 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Newport, Victoria, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Newport, Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 25 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, France XIII A 2 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 18 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 175, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 18 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 175, 1st Australian General Hospital, RMS Mooltan, Melbourne | |
| 4 Feb 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, 'During the operations 26th September, 1917, this man set a splendid example of coolness and courage to his fellow bearers while carrying back wounded from R.A.P. in HANEBECK VALLEY, east of YPRES, through heavy shell fire.' Second entry reads: 'For bravery and devotion to duty as a stretcher bearer during the operations near ZONNEBEKE area, east of YPRES on 13th October, 1917, especially under the following circumstances: On the morning of date mentioned whilst the enemy was heavily shelling the line of evacuation from the Cordial Factory ZONNEBEKE to St. Joseph's Institute, Private KING unaided, very courageously, on three separate occasions carried to shelter, men who had been wounded between these positions. He showed the greatest courage and endurance by these actions and set a fine example to his fellow stretcher bearers.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 95 Date: 27 June 1918 | |
| 25 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 175, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 175 awm_unit: 13th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-25 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, 175, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| Date unknown: | Embarked Private, 175, 1st Australian General Hospital |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Diane Bish
King enlisted on 8 May 1915 and embarked aboard HMT Borda on 18 October 1915. He received the Military Medal (MM) on 4 February 1918 for bravery in the field. His Roll of Honour circular states: "Known as most persistent in duty, and the man who never 'ducked' at a shell. His medal was granted for going out (unaided) three times and bringing wounded in". He died on 25 April 1918 in Villers-Bretonneux, France, from a shrapnel wound to the head. Two of his cousins also served in the AIF, they were: 5094 Corporal Valdemar Petersen MM, 4th Division Engineers, who enlisted on 9 August 1915 and was wounded at Zonnebeke, Belgium; and 171A Pte Wallace Bruce Duncan, 2nd Field Ambulance, who enlisted on 7 May 1915 and was killed in action on 17 April 1918 at Hazebrouck, France.
credit: Aust War Memorial
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