GARLING, Leslie
| Service Number: | 2596 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 June 1915, 8th reinforcement |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Camden, New South Wales, Australia, 15 October 1881 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cleveland Street Public School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
| Memorials: | Cremorne St Peter's Anglican Church WW1 Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2596, 13th Infantry Battalion, 8th reinforcement | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2596, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2596, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 1 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2596, Landed at Gallipoli with the 13th Battalion. | |
| 3 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2596, transferred to the newly formed 45th Battalion. | |
| 12 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, appointed after having been promoted to Sergeant on 4 March 1916. | |
| 4 Jan 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, “For consistent good work as platoon leader both in and out of the trenches. A most cool and capable officer under fire.” | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Messines. | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-06-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Leslie Garling was mentioned in despatches and promoted to Lieutenant.
Older brother 629502 Corporal Frederick Hubert Garling M.M. Canadian Infantry 47th Battalion (Western Ontario Regiment) killed in action 5 May 1917 age 42. Son of Clarence W. H. and Katharine Garling, of Sydney, Australia; husband of Julia Gertrude Garling, of 732, 9th Street East, North Vancouver. Memorial: VIMY MEMORIAL
On Commemorative Roll at AWM.
Older brother 2151 Pte Phillip Garling 20th Battalion AIF, returned to Australia, 1 November 1917; leg amputated at right thigh (WIA 4 August 1916)
Younger brother 29082 Sergeant Gerald Garling, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 8 July 1919.
Red Cross File for Leslie Garling
I knew Garling, he was called Nipper, he was in C Company. The first day of the Messines attack he was shot through the right lung whilst talking to me. He fell and I dressed his wound and had to leave him. This was within 200 yards of the first German line beyond Messines about 800 yards beyond. I do not think he could be a prisoner as the Germans did not come over this spot and I do not think he could have lived any time as he could only just speak when I had to leave him. H would not let me move him. His two brothers and a sister came to see me in London and I told them as above.
Hand, J.A. Captain. 45th Battalion.
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