LESTER, Harold
| Service Number: | 566 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School; Geelong College, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Commission Agent |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 24, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll, Newtown All Saints Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 566, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 566, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 566, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
HAROLD ROY LESTER who was killed in action on Gallipoli on 25th April 1915 was the son of Mr. Thomas Lester. He was born in 1893 and was at the Preparatory School from 1903 to 1907 and then went on to Geelong College.
Prior to enlistment he was assisting his father in business and was one of the first to join the Public Schools Company under Captain H. Carter in the 5th Battalion. He got on so well that before crossing the Mediterranean he had been at a rest camp at Alexandria, where he was Honorary Quarter-master Sergeant.
He was at first reported wounded and missing, but it was subsequently ascertained that after landing on the Peninsula he was shot through the head and killed.
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