Joseph (Joe) SALEEBA

SALEEBA, Joseph

Service Number: 3920
Enlisted: 25 June 1917, Perth, WA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born: Zahle, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, 1888
Home Town: Moora, Moora, Western Australia
Schooling: American College Mount Lebanon
Occupation: Tailor
Died: Killed in Action, France, 25 April 1918
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moora WWI Honour Wall, Moora War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

25 Jun 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3920, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Perth, WA
30 Oct 1917: Involvement Private, 3920, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1917: Embarked Private, 3920, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Nicholas and Mary SALEEBA

Readers will regret to learn that Joe Saleeba, the well-known tailor, who was a resident of Moora for many years, has been killed in action.

Messrs. K. and A. Saleeba of Moora, have received news that their brother, Private Joseph Saleeba, has been killed in action in France.