Leonard Byron (Len) WALLWORK

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WALLWORK, Leonard Byron

Service Number:	680
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Place of Enlistment, Lismore, NSW.
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Bushgrove, New South Wales, Australia, 28 June 1892
Home Town:	Casino, Richmond Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Natural Causes , Ballina, New South Wales, Australia, 3 June 1974, aged 81 years
Cemetery:	Casino Lawn Cemetery, NSW
Memorials:	Kyogle Great War Honor Roll, Kyogle Horse Shoe Creek Green Pigeon Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 680, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Place of Enlistment, Lismore, NSW.
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked Private, 680, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement Private, 680, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
15 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 680, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bomb Burst face, Bullet Wound to back.
9 Nov 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 680, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell Wound to left arm.
14 Nov 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Shell Wound to left Elbow.
1 Jan 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Trooper, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
24 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
19 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
13 Jul 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
15 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Returned to Australia.

Leonards Storey.

Leonard Byron Wallwork was born in Brushgrove, Northern New South Wales. He enlisted at age 22 on 24 August 1914, in C Squadron, the 2nd Light Horse Regiment. Leonard embarked in the HMAT Star of England to Egypt. He deployed to Gallipoli from the Training Camp at Mena in Egypt on 24 September 1914.

Within two days of arriving at the shores of Gallipoli, during a Turkish assault on Quinn’s Post, he was wounded. He was admitted to hospital several times over the course of the war, firstly admitted to hospital on 15 May 1915 on S.S Seang Choon after a bomb burst in his face and he received a bullet to the back. Later he was sent to St. George’s Military Hospital in Malta for bronchitis, and subsequently to the Australia Auxiliary Hospital Heliopolis, for a shell wound to his arm.

Remarkably, Leonard survived the entirety of the Gallipoli campaign. Family lore even has it that he was chosen as one of the ‘Die Hards’ who were the Rear Guard for the silent withdrawal from ANZAC Cove.

From Gallipoli, Leonard went on to fight through Palestine for the remainder of the war, before returning home after four full years of service. Upon homecoming, he received a returned soldier’s settlement in the Northern Rivers of NSW, married and had three sons. Along with two of his eldest sons, he would go on to fight in the Pacific Theatre during the Second World War.
Leonard endured both World Wars and his story evokes the core ANZAC value of resilience and its application in fighting with and for those you love.

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