SA11295
PAGE, Leslie Roy
| Service Number: | 592 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 5 January 1897 |
| Home Town: | Stepney, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 12 March 1988, aged 91 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 592, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 592, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 592, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 25 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 592, 27th Infantry Battalion |
Service & Personal History
Major war time experiences:
• Left Adelaide on SS Geelong with 32nd Battalion 18th Nov. 1915
• Transferred from 32nd Battalion to 27th late 1915 when in Egypt to be with his brother.
• 1st Aust. Division in France and at the front lines at Bois Grenier March to June 1916
• Pozieres – 4-5th August 1916. Shook hands with his brother 3rd August at Chalk Pit but never saw him again. Was involved in the taking of OG1 & OG2 trenches near the Windmill at Poziers 4-5th August 1916. Beat off counter attacks and took prisoners.
• Ypres & Flers front line – Oct. to Nov. 1916
• Hospitalised in England winter 1916-1917
• Third Battle for Ypres
o Menin Road / Westhoek Ridge Sept. 1917
o Battle of Broodseinde–Oct. 1917. Buried alive but was dug out just in time.
• Hospitalised in England Dec 1917
• Repatriated back to Aust. April – June 1918.
Personal:
• Born 5th January 1897, Sydney Place Adelaide
• Married Edith Matilda Dilliway 7th April 1923
• Son born Maurice Roy Page 19th Dec 1924
• Worked mostly in wood milling jobs throughout his life.
• Despite suffering from initial “Shell Shock” he live a full and happy life and is always remembered as someone who would go out of his way to help others.
• Died 12th March 1988 aged 91
Submitted 12 May 2016 by Brian Page
Biography
Brother of L/Cpl. 417 Ernest James Lindsay Page (/explore/people/132096) - killed in action in France on 04 Aug 1916
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