PAGE, Leslie Robert
| Service Number: | 5658 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 2 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5658, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5658, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne |
Life
Leslie Robert Page, a former clerk, was born in August 1888 in Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia. He was married to Emma Louisa Page. On December 29, 1915 he enlisted in Melbourne, Victoria and embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on September 25, 1916, with the 15th reinforcement of the 22nd Battalion, part of the 6th Australian Brigade of the 2nd Australian Division.
The 2nd Australian Division participated in the Battle of Broodseinde (October 4, 1917), a phase in the Third Battle of Ypres. The 22nd Battalion was part of the 6th Brigade, which attacked on the right of the divisional front. On October 2 and 3, the 22nd Battalion relieved the 23rd Battalion at the front line in Zonnebeke. During the afternoon of October 2, the Battalion suffered heavy casualties through enemy shell fire.
Leslie Robert, aged 29, was killed in action on October 2, 1917. Private Page was buried where he fell, South of Zonnebeke Lake (28.D.28.a.40.20), where his name was mentioned on a cross. His remains were not recovered or identified after the war. Leslie Robert Page has no known grave and is remembered on panel 23D of the Menin Gate Memorial.
Submitted 7 October 2024 by Patsy Nevell
Biography contributed by Patsy Nevell
Leslie Robert Page, a former clerk, was born in August 1888 in Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia. He was married to Emma Louisa Page. On December 29, 1915 he enlisted in Melbourne, Victoria and embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on September 25, 1916, with the 15th reinforcement of the 22nd Battalion, part of the 6th Australian Brigade of the 2nd Australian Division.
The 2nd Australian Division participated in the Battle of Broodseinde (October 4, 1917), a phase in the Third Battle of Ypres. The 22nd Battalion was part of the 6th Brigade, which attacked on the right of the divisional front. On October 2 and 3, the 22nd Battalion relieved the 23rd Battalion at the front line in Zonnebeke. During the afternoon of October 2, the Battalion suffered heavy casualties through enemy shell fire.
Leslie Robert, aged 29, was killed in action on October 2, 1917. Private Page was buried where he fell, South of Zonnebeke Lake (28.D.28.a.40.20), where his name was mentioned on a cross. His remains were not recovered or identified after the war. Leslie Robert Page has no known grave and is remembered on panel 23D of the Menin Gate Memorial.