LUSCOMBE, Leslie Henry
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | 18 May 1891, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Kew War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Apr 1915: | Involvement 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Apr 1915: | Embarked 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Lieutenant Leslie Henry Luscombe embarked for overseas on 17 April 1915. He joined the 14th Battalion on Gallipoli on the 5 June 1915. He was originally reported killed in action on 8 August 1915 but it was later confirmed that he had been wounded and taken prisoner after leading his men in a charge near Hill 971 between Chocolate Hill (Suvla Bay), Anzac, Gallipoli. He was captured whilst leading a group of about a dozen men, 14th Battalion, all of whom became surrounded by the Turks whilst between a couple of small ridges. Most were wounded or killed before being forced to surrender. Luscombe was held as a POW in Turkey until he was repatriated to Alexandria, Egypt in November 1918. Lieutenant Luscombe arrived in England in December 1918 and arrived back in Australia on 25 May 1919.
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