UNSTEAD, Leslie Victor
| Service Number: | 3188 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Natimuk, Horsham, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Employee |
| Died: | Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 19 November 1980, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 21 November 1980 with his ashes being scattered at the cemetery |
| Memorials: | Dimboola Memorial High School WWI Honour Roll, Horsham Loyal Grampian Lodge 168 I.O.O.F. Honour Roll WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3188, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Omrah embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3188, 4th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Omrah, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles James Unstead and Margaret Unstead nee Kennedy of Hawker, SA.
Brother of Harold Unstead who returned on Australia on 24 August 1919 having served with the 12th Field Artillery Brigade and Charles James Unstead who returned to Australia on 23 March 1919 having served with the 46th Battalion
Next of kin given as Albert Ernest Unstead of Natimuk, Victoria.
28 September 1916 - enlisted at Tallangatta, Victoria with the 4th Light horse Regiment and with the rank of Private.
17 Janauary 1917 - promoted to Trooper
18 November 1917 - transferred to the 2nd Light Horse Regiment
21 November 1917 - 8th Field Artillery Brigade with the rank of Driver
Commenced return to Australia on 1 July 1919 aboard HT Karmala disembarking on 10 August 1919 at Fremantle and did not re-embark.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
24 September 1919 - discharged at the 3rd Military District
During 1921c Leslie married Monica Margaret Tully in Victoria