LEE, Roy Stuart
| Service Number: | 1543 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 December 1914, Claremont, Tas. Serving as a Naval Cadet at the time. |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kempton, Tasmania, Australia, 13 October 1896 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 April 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France Plot VIII, Row D, Grave NO. 20 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1543, 12th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas. Serving as a Naval Cadet at the time. | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1543, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1543, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
| 26 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1543, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, TOS | |
| 7 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1543, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 20 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 15 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1543, 12th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Lagnicourt | |
| 15 Apr 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 1543, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1543 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Born 13th October 1896 at Kempton, Tasmania the son of Adolphus William and Eliza Ann Lee (nee Cooper) a carpenter and naval cadet he embarked Melbourne 2nd February 1915 on board “HMAT Clan McGillivray” with the 12th Infantry Battalion.
Corporal Lee was killed in action 15th April 1917 in France and is commemorated in the Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Pas de Calais, France.
"Mr A. W. Lee of Summer Hill Road, West Hobart, has been notified that his third son, Corporal R. S. Lee was killed in action in France on April 15. Corporal Lee who was 20 years of age was called up for service with the local naval forces in August, 1914. Ho enlisted for service abroad two months later and took part in the landing at Gallipoli, and on the evacuation of the Peninsula he was sent to France. Corporal Lee was a member of the Mercantile Rowing Club and of the Hobart Cyclist Club, and held the ten mile cycling record."
The Mercury 7th May 1917
Source: tasmanianwarcasualties.com
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