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LEE, Roy Victor
| Service Number: | 3198 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 August 1915, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hindmarsh, South Australia, Australia, May 1892 |
| Home Town: | Thebarton (Southwark), City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wool Presser |
| Died: | 1 June 1977, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Hindmarsh WW1 Roll of Honour Heroes of the Great War |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3198, 27th Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 12 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3198, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3198, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Adelaide | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Wounded 3198 | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 3198, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Nov 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, 3198, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide High School
Roy Victor Lee was born in Hindmarsh, South Australia. He lived most of his life on Taylor’s Road, Thebarton. Before the war, he worked as a wool presser. He had no military experience before the war. His next of kin was his mum, Caroline Lee, who also lived on Taylor’s Road, Thebarton. Roy was also married a woman called Elsie Cooper Shaw, whom he married on the 14th July 1917.
Roy enlisted for the Australian Imperial Forces in Adelaide, South Australia on the 9th August 1915. At the time, he was 24 years and 3 months old, was 5' 8.25" (173 cm) tall and weighed 167 lbs (75 kg). He embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 12 January 1916. Roy was in the 27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement, but was taken on strength on the 6th April 1916 to join the 32nd Battalion.
He was wounded in action when fighting for the British Expeditionary Force in Marsielles, France on the 19th July 1916 (gunshot wound, tight leg); admitted to 8th Field Ambulance on the 20th July 1916; transferred same day to 2nd Casualty Clearing Station; by Ambulance Train to Lady Hadfield's Ango-American Hospital, Wimereux; to England on the 22nd July 1916, and admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital, Kings Heath, Birmingham on the 23rd July 1916; discharged on furlough on the 3rd August 1916.
He was again sick in France. He was admitted to 38th Casualty Clearing Station, 2 December 1916 (trench feet); transferred to 22nd General Hospital, Camiers on the 8th December 1916; to England on the 10th December 1916, and admitted same day to 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham (trench feet: severe); discharged on furlough on the 30th April 1917, to report to No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott on the 15th May 1917.
Roy was accidentally injured on the 1st February 1918 in France again (gunshot wound, left ankle); admitted same day to 14th Australian field Ambulance, and thence to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to Ambulance Train No 25 on the 23 February 1918, and admitted to Liverpool Merchants' Hospital, Etaples. Transferred to England on the 27th February 1918, and admitted to Bath War Hospital on the 28th February 1918; transferred to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, Southall on the 21st March 1918; discharged on furlough on the 26th March 1918, to report to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital on the 3rd April 1918.
Roy was awarded with the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. He returned to Australia on board HT 'Dunluce Castle', 8 April 1918; discharged, Adelaide on the 28th November 1918 (medically unfit: amputated left foot). He went back to his hometown, settled down and continued his job as a wool presser. He died on the 1st June 1977 (age 86).