LEE, Leslie Aubrey
| Service Number: | 6766 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1916, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Holbrook, New South Wales, Australia, 24 March 1893 |
| Home Town: | Kinross, Port Stephens Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Holbrook Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer Labourer |
| Died: | GSWs left shoulder & back, East Sussex County Hospital, Hastings, Sussex,, United Kingdom, 9 September 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Hastings Cemetery, Sussex, England Plot L, Row D, Grave P17 Headstone inscription reads: A. young life nobly ended not lost but gone before ever remembered, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Holbrook War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6766, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6766, 14th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6766, 14th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Napier, Sydney | |
| 13 Aug 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6766, 14th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the left shoulder and back |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edward and Elizabeth Sarah Lee of 544 Parkinson Street, Albury, NSW formerly of Kinross, NSW. Brother of Jessie Lee, Mabel A. Lee, Herbert E. Lee, Leo G. Lee and Ruby B. Lee
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 9th September……Private Leslie Aubrey Lee was born in 1893 at Germantown (Holbrook), New South Wales. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 18th July, 1916 as a 23 year old, single, Farm Labourer from Kinross, Holbrook, NSW.
Private Leslie Aubrey Lee embarked from Sydney on SS Port Napier on 17th November, 1916 with 14th Infantry Battalion, 22nd Reinforcements & disembarked at Devonport, England on 29th January, 1917.
Private Lee was posted to 4th Training Battalion, Codford, Wiltshire on 30th January, 1917. He proceeded to France on 13th March, 1917 & joined 14th Battalion on 19th March, 1917.
Private Lee was sent to hospital on 30th March, 1917 & discharged to Base Details on 19th April, 1917. He rejoined his Battalion in France on 27th May, 1917.
Private Leslie Aubrey Lee was wounded in action on 13th August, 1917. He was admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance with gunshot wounds to back then transferred to Casualty Clearing Station. Pte Lee was admitted to 56th General Hospital at Etaples on 13th August, 1917. He was transferred to England on Hospital Ship Peter de Coninck on 15th August, 1917 with gunshot wounds to left shoulder & back.
Private Lee was admitted to East Sussex County Hospital, Hastings, Sussex, England on 15th August, 1917 with Transverse spinal lesion. The Hospital Admissions form states “Complete paraplegia below waist. Acute cystitis.”
Private Leslie Aubrey Lee died on morning of 9th September, 1917 at East Sussex County Hospital, Hastings, Sussex, England from wounds received in action in France – gunshot wound to back & Acute Cystitis following Paraplegia.
He was buried in Hastings Cemetery, Hastings, Sussex, England where 1 other WW1 Australian War Grave is located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/hastings.html
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