HUTCHINS, Leslie Duncan
| Service Number: | 4239 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Horsham, Wimmera, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Illness, Military Hospital, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England , 28 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Tidworth Military Cemetery, England C 305A, Tidworth Military Cemetery, Tidworth, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4239, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4239, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4239, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 28 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 4239, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4239 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-11-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 28th November…… Leslie John Duncan Hutchins was born at Wimmera, Horsham, Victoria in 1893.
A “Leslie John Duncan Hutchins” was listed as a deserter from H.M.A.S. “Cerberus,” at Williamstown in the Tasmania Gazette for 4th June, 1915.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 26th July, 1915 as a 22 year old, single, Clerk from Horsham, Victoria.
Private Leslie Duncan Hutchins, Service number 4239, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Demosthenes (A64) on 29th December, 1915 with the 8th Infantry Battalion, 13th Reinforcements.
On 22nd February, 1916 Private Hutchins was admitted to 1st Auxiliary Hospital at Heliopolis with Influenza. He was discharged to duty on 29th February, 1916.
He was marched in & posted to Australian Reserve Brigade at Zeitoun on 2nd March, 1916. He joined 8th Battalion at Serapeum on 17th March, 1916 from Reinforcements.
Private Hutchins proceeded from Alexandria on 26th March, 1916 on H.M.T. Megantic to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). He disembarked at Marseilles, France on 31st March, 1916.
On 8th February, 1917 Private Hutchins reported sick. He was admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance on 8th February, 1917 then transferred to 36th Casualty Clearing Station & was admitted on 9th February, 1917. Private Hutchins was transferred to Ambulance Train on 14th February, 1917 & admitted to 32nd Stationary Hospital on 15th February, 1917 with Appendicitis. Private Hutchins was transferred to Boulogne & embarked for England on 21st February, 1917 on Hospital Ship St. David.
He was admitted to Voluntary Aid Temporary Hospital, Exeter, England on 23rd February, 1917 with Appendicitis – slight & was discharged to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital at Southall on 20th March, 1917.
Private Hutchins was discharged to Furlo from 22nd March, 1917 to 6th April, 1917 & was then to report to Perham Downs. He was admitted to Anzac Hospital, Exeter on 28th March, 1917. Private Hutchins was transferred to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital on 25th May, 1917 with “Appendicitis – painful scar.” Private Hutchins was discharged to Depot at Weymouth on 21st June, 1917.
On 21st June, 1917 Private Hutchins was marched in to No. 2 Command Depot at Weymouth, Dorset from 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Southall.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire & also Dorset. Later Training & Convalescing Units were combined under the one Command Depot.
He was marched in to No.3 Command Depot at Hurdcott, Wiltshire on 29th June, 1917 & was medically classified as B1 A3 (fit for Overseas Training Camp in 2 – 3 weeks).
On 25th July, 1917 Private Hutchins was marched in to Overseas Training Depot. He proceeded overseas to France via Folkestone on 4th August, 1917 & was marched in to 1st A.D.B.D. (Australian Divisional Base Depot) at Havre on 6th August, 1917. Private Hutchins rejoined 8th Battalion in France on 21st August, 1917.
Private Hutchins was on Leave from France from 9th March, 1918 & returned from Leave on 28th March, 1918.
He was appointed Lance Corporal from 20th April, 1918.
Lance Corporal Hutchins reported sick on 23rd June, 1918. He was admitted to 2nd Australian Field Ambulance on 23rd June, 1918 then transferred & admitted to 64th Casualty Clearing Station on 24th June, 1918. Lance Corporal Hutchins was discharged to duty on 7th July, 1918 & rejoined 8th Battalion on 9th July, 1918.
On 6th August, 1918 Lance Corporal Hutchins reported sick. He was transferred to Ambulance Train 34 with Septic Foot & admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital at Abbeville on 7th August, 1918. Lance Corporal Hutchins was transferred to Boulogne & embarked for England on 12th August, 1918 on Hospital Ship Stad Antwerpen with a Septic right Foot.
He was admitted to County of Middlesex War Hospital, Napsbury, St. Albans, England on 12th August, 1918 with Septic foot – slight. He was transferred to 1st Auxiliary Hospital at Harefield on 20th August, 1918.
Lance Corporal Hutchins was on Furlo from 20th August, 1918 until 5th September, 1918 & was then to report to No. 1 Command Depot.
On 5th September, 1918 Lance Corporal Hutchins was marched in to No. 1 Command Depot at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire & medically classified as B1 A1 (fit for light duty for 4 weeks). He was marched in to Overseas Training Brigade at Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire on 7th November, 1918.
He was admitted to Group Clearing Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire on 25th November, 1918 with Intestinal obstruction. He was transferred to Military Hospital, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire on 27th November, 1918 with Intestinal Obstruction (Hospital Admissions form recorded he was admitted to Military Hospital on 26th November, 1918).
Lance Corporal Leslie Duncan Hutchins died at 04.00 am on 28th November, 1918 at Military Hospital, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England from Malignant new growth of large Intestine (Signoid Flexure) & Intestinal Obstruction.
He was buried in Tidworth Military Cemetery, Wiltshire, England where 172 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/he---k.html
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