LESSELLS, John Macindish Adamson
| Service Number: | 6809 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, September 1896 |
| Home Town: | Harrisville, Scenic Rim, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Sutton Veny Military Hospital, Wiltshire, England, 19 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Codford St. Mary (St. Mary) New Churchyard, Wiltshire, England Codford St. Mary (St. Mary) New Churchyard Cemetery (Grave No. 86), Wiltshire |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6809, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6809, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6809, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6809, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
John Macintosh Adamson Lessells was born in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland in 1896. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 4th September, 1916 under the name of "John Morton".
Private "John Morton" arrived in England on 30th January, 1917 & was posted to 4th Training Battalion at Codford, Wiltshire. He was sent sick to Group Hospital at Codford on 14th February, 1917 with Influenza then transferred to Sutton Veny Military Hospital, Wiltshire on 16th February, 1917. He died at 9.50 p.m. on 19th February, 1917 of pneumonia.
He was on of 3 Australian SOLDIERS who died on 19th July and that WERE BURIED IN CODFORD - St. Mary's New Churchyard also know as Anzac Cemetery (There are 31 Australian WW1 SOldiers & 66 NZ Soldiers buried here).
Flanagan & McIlroy were buried on 22nd February & Lessels who served as Morton was buried on 23rd February.
Their full stories can be found here
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/codford---st-marys.html
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