Leonidas LEE

LEE, Leonidas

    Service Number: 7169
    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
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    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 In Memoriam Honour Board, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Sep 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7169, 25th Infantry Battalion, Toowoomba, Qld.
    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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    Biography 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.

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