LEE, Leonidas
Service Number: | 7169 |
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Enlisted: | 12 September 1917, Toowoomba, Qld. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Temuka, Canterbury, New Zealand, 14 July 1895 |
Home Town: | Brookstead, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Schooling: | Toowoomba Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 September 1918, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension III C 37 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brookstead Honour Roll, Pittsworth Great War Honoured Dead, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 In Memoriam Honour Board, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
World War 1 Service
12 Sep 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7169, 25th Infantry Battalion, Toowoomba, Qld. | |
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16 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 7169, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Canberra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
16 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 7169, 25th Infantry Battalion, SS Canberra, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Joseph and Annis LEE
Information was received today from the military authorities to the effect that Private Leonidas Lee, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leee, of Brookstead, had been killed in action, in France. The late gallant soldier, who was about 24 years of age, had been on active service for about 12 months, during which time he had been through much of the heavy fighting on the West front.