YORK, John Leslie
| Service Number: | 3926 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 December 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Jesmond, New South Wales, Australia, 3 April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Bellbird, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wickham Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 30 April 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Crucifix Corner Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carrington Connolly Park War Memorial Gates, Carrington Football Club HR |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3926, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3926, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3926, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 30 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 3926, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3926 awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-30 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 30th April 1918, Private John Leslie York, referred to as Les, 56th Battalion (Reg No-3926), wheeler from Edden Street, Bellbird, New South Wales, father of one (Madge, born 24.2.1915, Wickham, N.S.W., married? 1937, Cessnock, N.S.W., died?), was Killed in Action at Villers-Bretonneux, France, age 25. Cause of death unknown.
No Roll of Honour circular submitted.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Jesmond, New South Wales on the 3rd April 1893 to John (died 9.12.1915, Sydney Hospital, N.S.W., age 50) of 32 William Street, Carrington, New South Wales, and Jane York nee Mitchell (died 15.8.1923, Wickham, N.S.W., age 54, mother of 2, not listed on Sandgate Cemetery database or Find a Grave) of 32 William Street, Carrington, New South Wales; husband of Euphemia York nee McLean (married 11.7.1914, Stockton, N.S.W., remarried 1925, Waratah, N.S.W. to William Pearce, died?, Euphemia died?) of 32 William Street, Carrington, New South Wales, Les enlisted on the 7th December 1916 with the 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion at Sydney, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A68 Anchises on the 24th January 1917.
Mr. York is resting at Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, France. Plot V Row E Grave 2.
Place of Association - Bellbird, New South Wales, Australia.
Les’s name has been inscribed on the Wickham Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Carrington Football Club Roll of Honor, Carrington Memorial Gates, Book of Gold and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not inscribed on the Bellbird Honour Roll.
I have placed poppies at the memorialised York gravesite in remembrance of the service and supreme sacrifice of their son Les for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 1-01. 110.
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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