HARGREAVE, Leslie Lupton
| Service Numbers: | 2837, 3837, V148010 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 December 1916, 4 years senior Cadets and Civilian Militia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 27 April 1896 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Injuries, Australia, 13 March 1943, aged 46 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2837, 37th Infantry Battalion, 4 years senior Cadets and Civilian Militia | |
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| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 2837, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 2837, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3837, 37th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Gassed |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, V148010 | |
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| 7 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V148010 |
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From How We Served
The final resting place for; - 2837, V81822, VX17781 & V148010 Private Leslie Lupton Hargreave of St. Kilda, Victoria who prior to his enlisting for War Service on the 27th of October 1916 had been employed as a clerk.
Leslie was allocated to reinforcements for the 37th Battalion 1st AIF, and was embarked for England on the 16th of December. Leslie would spend extended time at the Australian Training Camps at Hurdcott, and Durrington, before being embarked for France, where he arrived on the 14th of August 1917, and by the 26th of August he had arrived in the trenches where he was formally taken on strength with his Unit.
Aside bouts of sickness, from which he recovered, his service in the field would be continuous, until he was granted a respite of Leave to England on the 28th of February 1918. Whilst in England, and due to disciplinary measures, Leslie was not to return to France, until the 23rd of August, and proceeded to join his Battalion in the field.
Leslie was wounded in action by gas on the 30th of September and by the 5th of October he had been returned to England for hospitalization. After a period of convalescence, Leslie was taken on strength with AIF Administrative Headquarters in London on the 21st of November, and remained with this Unit until he was embarked for his repatriation back to Australia, departing England on the 9th of August 1919.
Following his return to Melbourne, Leslie received his official discharge from the 1st AIF for his re-entry into civilian life on the 9th of December.
With the outbreak of a second World War, Leslie again presented himself for service on the 26th of October 1939, and was taken on strength with the 12th Garrison Battalion and discharged from this on the 10th of May 1940 in order to serve with the 2nd AIF, and reenlisted on the 28th of May, dropping his age by eight years in order to be accepted.
Leslie was initially taken on strength with the 1st Australian Corps Petrol Park 2nd AIF before being transferred over to the 4th Anti-Tank Regiment on the 2nd of December, and was promoted to Lance Bombardier.
By the 23rd of May 1941, Leslie was embarked for Singapore, and served with his Unit in Malaya, prior to the Japanese invasion, but was returned to Australia as medically unfit on the 15th of November 1941, and following his return to Australia he was discharged from the 2nd AIF on the 2nd of February 1942.
Within months of being released as medically unfit, Leslie again reenlisted for service on the 7th of April 1942, under his correct date of birth, and was accepted for service with the Australian Army Ordnance Corps.
Leslie was posted to the 8th Australian Ordnance Stores Company, and whilst serving with this Unit, he received head injuries due to an accident on the 13th of March 1943, and was transferred to the 115th Australian General Hospital (Heidelberg), where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Leslie was aged 46.
Following his death, Private Leslie Hargreave, a veteran of two World Wars, was formally interred within the Springvale War Cemetery, Victoria.
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