MANNING, Leonard Vincent
| Service Number: | 4487 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Portland, Glenelg, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Northam Fallen, Northam Memorial Hospital, Portland WW1 Honour Roll, Portland War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4487, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4487, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Andreena Hockley
"KILLED IN ACTION - Mrs. Thomson, of Crawford, Condah, received a telegram from the military authorities on Wednesday informing her that her brother, Pte L. V. Manning, who was reported missing in July last, was killed in action on that date. Private Manning was a native of Portland, but enlisted from West Australia. He resided here till he had attained manhood, and his many friends will regret to learn of his death. He was a fine athlete, a good cricketer and footballer, and possessed all the qualities that go to make up the truly ideal Australian soldier."
Source: Portland Observer and Normanby Advertiser; Mon 26 Feb, 1917.