NEW, Leonard George
| Service Number: | 2181 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 March 1915, Enlisted in Bowen, North Queensland. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beckenham, Kent, England, October 1896 |
| Home Town: | Ayr, Burdekin, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Downshall School, Higher Grade Secondary. |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Fractured skull whilst a prisoner of the Turks, Bilemedik Hospital, Turkey , 7 May 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot XXI. Row L. Grave 3. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2181, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Bowen, North Queensland. | |
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| 12 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2181, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2181, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - George Edwin New and Nellie Eliza Redward married April 1917 in Greenwich, London, United Kingdom.
Cause of death: - Taken from Red Cross records. Private Leonard George New was a Turkish prisoner of war interned at a working camp in Kula Majora Raurus, Turkey, at about 6.am a large boulder, which had been dislodged by heavy rain, came crashing through the roof of the hut he was sleeping in bringing a beam down on his head and fracturing his skull. He was taken to hospital, but eventually died two hours later. He was initially buried in the German Cemetery in Selemedik, Turkey. (Informant: - Private C. McLean, 14th Battalion, AIF)
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