LEYLAND, Ralph Elvas
| Service Numbers: | 1334, 1310 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 November 1914, Enlisted at Colac, Victoria Originally issued with service number 1310 but altered soon after |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Euroa, Victoria, Australia, 29 October 1888 |
| Home Town: | Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Colac High School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Illness, 16th Stationary Hospital, Mudros, Greece, 1 August 1915, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
East Mudros Military Cemetery Plot 11, Row C, Grave 42 Headstone inscription reads: In loving memory son of late Ralph and Charlotte Leyland, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Colac ANA Branch No 170 Honor Roll, Colac Agricultural High School Honour Roll, Colac St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Honor Roll, Euroa Telegraph Park |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1334, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Colac, Victoria Originally issued with service number 1310 but altered soon after | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 1310, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 1310, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
| 25 Feb 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Aug 1915: | Involvement 1334, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1334 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-08-01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Ralph Leyland and Charlotte Leyland nee Scott of Warrion, Victoria. Brother of Ralph Athelstone Leyland, Gertrude Ethelwym, Lucy Margaret Leyland, Annie Evelyn Leyland and Mildred Ruby Harriet Leyland
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served with the cadets for about 3 years
Biography contributed by Andreena Hockley
"Ralph Elvas Leyland, son of Mr. Ralph Leyland, who is head teacher at School No. 1308, Warrion, was born on the 29th of October, 1888. He attended the Melbourne High School in 1906-7, and was then appointed as junior teacher at School 1912, Hyde-street, Footscray, and afterwards at No. 759, Kingston. He passed through the Manual Arts Course in 1910-12, and afterwards had charge of woodwork centers at Charlton, Inglewood, and Colac successively. He showed a keen interest in his work, and was a good teacher and disciplinarian - vigorous, alert, and intelligent.
He enlisted on the 5th of November, 1914, and embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements to the 5th Battalion. After training in Egypt, he proceeded with his unit to Gallipoli. On the 28th of July, 1915, he was sent to hospital on Lemnos Island, sick, and died on the 1st of August."
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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