MCLEISH, Alexander
| Service Number: | 2405 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballina, New South Wales, Australia, July 1883 |
| Home Town: | Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 19 January 1934, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 3 (UNITING) H. 10. |
| Memorials: | Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2405, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2405, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2405, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 7 Jan 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2405, 30th Infantry Battalion, MU - appendix chronic |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell
On this Anzac Day, the 25th April 2020, we are unable to gather at the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial to pay our respects, so let us remember 2 Adamstown boys who enlisted in The Great War, returned home, and are now resting at Sandgate Cemetery. (the other was Private Walter Leslie Murray, 35th Battalion)
Private Alexander McLeish, 30th Battalion, miner from Wood Street, Adamstown, New South Wales, father of seven, was laid to rest on the Sunday afternoon of the 21st January 1934 at Sandgate Cemetery, age 50. METHODIST 3 (UNITING) H. 10.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139875424
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139882612
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Born at Ballina, New South Wales 1883 to Alexander and Ann McLeish of Thomas Street, Adamstown, N.S.W. and 143 Kings Road, Adamstown, N.S.W.; husband of Mary Agnes McLeish nee Price (married 1903, Adamstown, N.S.W., died 1960?), Alexander enlisted September 1915 at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 10.5.1916 with chronic appendicitis, Mr McLeish was invalided home January 1917.
His name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial and the Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll (as McLIESH).
For 86 years Mr McLeish has been resting in an unmarked grave, forgotten, so today I have placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
Younger brother Harold Leslie (Reg No-4579, 30th Bn, born 1897?, died ?) also served 1st A.I.F.
Usually inscribed on Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, “I Once Was Lost, but Now Am Found”.
Lest We Forget.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
Updated by Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery (4/11/2023)
Private Alexander McLeish, 30th Battalion.
Gary Mitchell submitted an application to DVA March 2022 asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip, and this was accepted April 2022. The work was completed October 2023.
Still not listed on DVA commemoration website.
Younger brother Harold Leslie (born 13th February 1902, Adamstown New South Wales, miner from "Edenvilla", Thomas Street, Adamstown, N.S.W., enlisted 1.11.1916, 30th Battalion, Reg No-4579, wounded in action - 21.11.1917 (GSW left shoulder), RTA 5.7.1918, discharged 19.7.1918, underage, died 1941, age 38, state & district unknown, not officially commemorated) also served 1st A.I.F.
"4579 Private Harold Leslie McLeish, 30th Battalion... At the age of 14, Pte. McLeish forged a letter from his mother when he enlisted on the 1st November 1916, stating that his father had died on the 2nd August 1901. On the 25th November 1916, Pte. McLeish embarked on the HMAT Beltana (A72). Whilst serving in France, Pte. McLeish received a gunshot wound and while in hospital, revealed his actual age. Military authorities contacted his father and requested a birth certificate. When he had recovered, Pte McLeish was discharged, aged 16...".
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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