GRIERSON, Leslie James
| Service Number: | 1410 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Second Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 2 April 1888 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Broadmeadow, New South Wales, Australia, 15 August 1927, aged 39 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1410, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Driver, 1410, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Driver, 1410, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 28 May 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 1410, 35th Infantry Battalion, 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.
93 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 17th August 1927, 2nd Corporal Leslie James Grierson, 35th Battalion (Transport Section) and Administrative Headquarters, clerk (Government Dockyard, Newcastle, N.S.W.), from 12 Scott Street, Newcastle, New South Wales and 7 Young Road, Broadmeadow, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 39. ANGLICAN 2-128. 22.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135592035
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135590921 - funeral notice states service.
Born at Wallsend, New South Wales on the 2nd April 1888 (as GERIESON) to James and Cadelin (Cordelia, Cordlia, Coralie) M Grierson, Leslie enlisted March 1916 at Sydney, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137104876
Sustaining no injuries or ill health during his service, Mr Grieson returned home January 1920, being discharged on the 2nd March 1920.
Leslie’s name should have been inscribed on the Newcastle Surf Club & Life-Saving Brigade Honor Roll - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133881827. A member of Lodge Fidelity No. 163 United Grand Lodge of N.S.W., name not inscribed on the Roll of Honor. Name not located inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
I have honoured Mr Grierson’s WW1 service with poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label, kindly supplied by Andrea Gerrard and John Thomas, at Leslie’s gravesite.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=24003#2
Lest We Forget.
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