Leonard Keith WAY

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WAY, Leonard Keith

Service Number:	6844
Enlisted:	16 April 1917, Newcastle
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 15 March 1896
Home Town:	Tenambit, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Tenambit Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 29 July 1972, aged 76 years
Cemetery:	Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Anglican 3; Section 232; Plot 55
Memorials:	Tenambit Public School Roll of Honour, Tenambit Soldiers Memorial

World War 1 Service

16 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6844, 18th Infantry Battalion, Newcastle
16 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 6844, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
16 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 6844, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
11 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion
6 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6844, 35th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, Aerodrome north of Cachy, GSW right foot.
25 Sep 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6844, 35th Infantry Battalion, HT Mahana, London for return to Australia with wife - arriving Sydney 12 November 1919.
20 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6844, 35th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

A WWI Digger of The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.

50 years ago today, on the 1st August 1972, Private Leonard Keith Way, also known as Len, 35th Battalion (Reg No-6844), labourer from Robert Street, Tenambit, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 76. ANGLICAN 3-232. 55.

Born at Tenambit, New South Wales on the 5th March 1896 to William and Alice Maud Way; husband of Maude Way nee Lowe (married 9.12.1918 at the C of E Parish Church of St. George, Perry Hill, Lewisham, United Kingdom, died?), Len enlisted April 1917 with the 18th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.

Admitted to hospital 8.2.1918 (influenza).
Wounded in action - 6.4.1918 (GSW left foot, severe).

Len returned home with wife Maude on the 12th November 1919, being discharged on the 20th December 1919.

Mr. Way’s name has been inscribed on the Tenambit Public School Roll of Honour (unveiled date unknown), Tenambit Soldiers’ Memorial (unveiled on the 22nd June 1924, 20 names inscribed, would appreciate better photos of Memorial and Roll of Honour, located at Tenambit Public School, Edward Street, Tenambit, N.S.W.) and the East Maitland St. Peter's Anglican Church Roll of Honour.

Younger brother John Alfred (18th & 35th Battalions, Reg No-6845, born 1898, died 1982, district unknown) also served 1st A.I.F.

I visited Len’s gravesite June 2016 and located a wooden cross that unfortunately had been destroyed, so July 2016 I placed a cross adorned with poppies in remembrance of Len’s service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.

I will be submitting an application to DVA asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip to restore Honour and Dignity to Mr. Way.

Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.

Lest We Forget.

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