BERRESFORD, Lesley Norman
| Service Number: | 14736 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 May 1918, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 15 July 1899 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Porter (S.A.R.) |
| Died: | Accidental (run over by locomotive), Aldgate, South Australia, 8 September 1948, aged 49 years |
| Cemetery: |
Dudley Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 15 May 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 14736, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 28 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 14736, Discharged owing to "objection of Parents to enlistment" |
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Discharged on 28 Jun 1918, soon after enlistment - "objection of parents to enlistment"
"TWO DIE IN S.A. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS
Two people were killed in railway accidents in South Australia today. Leslie Norman Berresford, 49, single, of Anderson street, Southwark, railway guard, was killed at Aldgate about 3 a.m., and an elderly married woman, belived to be Mrs. Adelaide Dorothy Aldersey, fell under a train at Hove this afternoon. An engine crew found Berresford's mutilated body under the wheels of their engine in Aldgate railway yard. He had been working on a goods train bringing livestock from Balhannah to Mile End. At Aldgate a truck was shunted on to a spur line. The engine was backing when the crew lost' sight of Berresford's signal lamp, and alighted to see what had happened. They found his lantern about 30 ft. in front of the engine, and his body under the wheels. He is thought to have been killed instantly. The engine had to be shifted before his body could be removed. It was taken by ambulance to the City Morgue. Mounted Constable Robinson, of Stirling West, is preparing a Coroner's report..." - from the Adelaide News 08 Sep 1948 (nla.gov.au)