Leonard Vincent MANNING

MANNING, Leonard Vincent

Service Number: 4487
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)
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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: ''
31 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 4487, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Fremantle

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Biography 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.

 

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