HOLDEN, Leslie Hubert
| Service Number: | 25 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 6 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Sydney Church of England Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Commercial pilot and businessman |
| Died: | Plane Crash - Passenger plane, Myocum, New South Wales, Australia, 18 September 1932, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium |
| Memorials: | Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour, Turramurra Memorial Park Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 26 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 25, 4th Light Horse Brigade HQ | |
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| 13 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 25, 4th Light Horse Brigade HQ, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 25, 4th Light Horse Brigade HQ, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 6 May 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Captain, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps |
World War 2 Service
| Date unknown: | Enlisted |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by William Holden
After leaving the Australian Flying Corps in June 1919, Leslie Hubert HOLDEN became the Sydney Manager of Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd.
In December 1934, a stained glass widow in his honour was placed in the porch of the Shore Chapel at Sydney's Church of England Grammar School. He is also honoured by 'Holden Street' built in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra in 1943.
In Myocum Road on the 'Barlow' property, 1km past Possum Shoot Road, Myocum stand three Morton Bay Fig trees and a memorial tablet dedicated to Leslie Hubert HOLDEN and the others who lost their lives in the airplane crash at the site on 18 September 1932.
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