MOLLER, Leonard Albert Victor
| Service Number: | 1035 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 February 1915, at Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glanville, South Australia, May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Glanville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Adelaide St Paul's Church Memorial Alcove, Rosewater Marist Brothers Port Adelaide Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1035, 27th Infantry Battalion, at Keswick | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1035, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1035, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 29 Jun 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1035, 27th Infantry Battalion, GSW thigh | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1035, 27th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, SW hand | |
| 9 Aug 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1035, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1035 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Ignatius' College
Leonard Albert Victor Moller was born in 1891, in Glanville South Australia. Leonard grew up where he was born in Glanville and became a storeman. Leonard Moller was not married and had no children. When he enlisted in the army on the 8th of March 1915, he was 5’10ft, 165lbs and 23 years old. He and the 27th battalion embarked from Australia on the 31st of May 1915 on the HMAT A2 Geelong. Leonard fought for 4 months in Gallipoli and was a part of the evacuation, but on a ship back he was sick with Jaundice (Jaundice is a condition in which the skin whites of the eyes and mucous membranes turn yellow because of a high level of bilirubin. Jaundice has many causes, including hepatitis, gallstones and tumors. Usually, it doesn’t need to be treated on adults, so that means that Leonard's case of Jaundice was severe and serious.) and was admitted to hospital in Egypt. On the 6th of March 1916 he was discharged from hospital and returned to duty with the 27th Battalion.
On the 29th of June 1916 he was wounded in action and admitted to a base hospital due to a shot in the thigh. Again, on the 18th of December 1916 he re-joined the 27th battalion and fought until the 20th of September 1917 where he was admitted to hospital for 2 days due to a hand wound. Leonard re-joined the 27th battalion and was appointed lance corporal during the Third Battle of Ypres.
On the 23rd of March 1918 he was sick to hospital with an unknown illness and spent 5 days in hospital before re-joining the battalion. The last battle Leonard Moller fought in was the battle of Amiens where on the 9th of August 1918 he was killed in action and his body was lost. He has no grave known but his name is listed amongst many others in the Villers-Bretonneux memorial in France.
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