Leslie Charles HOUSE

HOUSE, Leslie Charles

Service Number: 8897
Enlisted: 3 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 5th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town: Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling: State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Farm Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 25 October 1917
Cemetery: Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery
Plot 11, Row E, Grave 6. Headstone inscription reads: He performed his duty willingly
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was C/- Mary Connell of Douglas  Parade, Williamstown, Victoria.

Son of Henry Charles House and Elizabeth House nee Kinchinton of Johnson Street, Fitzroy, Victoria.

Brother of Richard Macedon House who was killed in action on 21 July 1917 while serving with the 10th Field Artillery Brigade and is buried in the Oak Dump Cemetery Row F, Grave 3.

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal