John Crawle MCLEOD

MCLEOD, John Crawle

Service Number: 2348
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Not yet discovered
Last Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Line Foreman
Memorials: The Shrine
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World War 1 Service

29 Sep 1915: Involvement 2348, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Sep 1915: Embarked 2348, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Larna Malone

The entry ‘J. McLeod’ on the Roll of Honor possibly refers to John Crowle McLeod.    Other than his Birth no link to Bendigo has been discovered.     John Crowle McLeod was born in Bendigo, the son of Mr J McLeod, who lived in East Brunswick, Vic.   

John Crowle McLeod volunteered for service on 22.6.15 in Bacchus Marsh.    He enlisted in Melbourne on 12.7.15.    He was a Line Foreman, 29 years and 2 months old, over 6’ in height, with a dark complexion, brown eyes and black hair.   He entered the Depot on 19.7.15 and on 3.8.15 was appointed to the  5th reinforcements of the 22nd Battalion and allotted Service Number 2348.   He embarked for overseas on 29.9.15.

On 8.1.16 he joined the 22nd Battalion in France, and on 8.2.16 was appointed temporary Corporal.    On 29.6.16 he took part in a successful raid on enemy trenches at the Bois Grenadier Firing Line.  

On 4.8.16 the Battalion received orders to attack at Pozieres.   The Battalion moved forward and gained their objective.     The position was consolidated and the trenches were defensible by dawn the following morning.   The Battle of Pozieres Ridge continued on 5.8.16.   The enemy counter-attacked and were driven out, followed by continual small bombing attacks.    John Crowle McLeod was Wounded in Action during the day, sustaining severe Gun Shot Wounds to his head and chest, wounds that included a fractured Parietal Bone.   He was sent to hospital in England.     He embarked for Australia on 12.11.16, classified Medically Unfit.

“The Men Listed on the Roll of Honour, St John’s Presbyterian Church, Bendigo”: Larna Malone

                                   

 

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