ARDILL, Leonard Pitt
| Service Number: | 4732 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Minto, New South Wales, Australia , 24 December 1892 |
| Home Town: | Jondaryan, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 24 August 1986, aged 93 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Gravatt Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Plot ANZAC-3-291 |
| Memorials: | Jondaryan Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4732, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 28 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4732, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4732, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane | |
| 2 Sep 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 15th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Leonard Pitt Ardill joined the 15th Battalion at the front during October 1916, took part in a raid at Gueudecourt on 1 February where he was wounded in both legs before rejoining his unit at the end of March 1917. He was wounded in action again at Bullecourt only 10 days later, and evacuated to England with a gunshot wound to the left hand. He rejoined the 15th Battalion in Belgium during September 1917.
Ardill was awarded a Military Medal for gallantry at Hebuterne, France on 27 March 1918, during the great German offensive.
He was awarded a Bar to the Military Medal for gallantry at Hamel on 4 July 1918 for silencing enemy posts and capturing German machine guns crews.
Ardill was returned to Australia in April 1919.
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