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RAYMOND, Leslie Ernest
| Service Number: | 9819 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Parkside, South Australia, 27 November 1895 |
| Home Town: | Unley, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Kyre College, Unley, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Draper |
| Died: | Accidental (fractured skull - fall from tram), Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia, 4 October 1942, aged 46 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mitcham Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: | Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 9819, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 25 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 9819, 3rd Field Ambulance, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 9819, 3rd Field Ambulance, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide | |
| 29 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 9819, 6th Field Ambulance |
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Leslie Ernest Raymond was born 27th Nov 1895 in New Parkside SA. He served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919. He married Edna Annie Wark on the 11th May 1920 at the Manthorpe Memorial Church New Parkside SA. They had 3 children Joy, Shirley and Jack.
At the age of 47, Leslie died from a fractured skull and other injuries sustained after falling from a Tram near Fisher Street Malvern SA. He died in the Royal Adelaide Hospital in the early hours of 4th Oct 1942.
Having survived the bloodiest of conflicts on the fields of France during WW1 to then lose his life in an accident is a tragic story, leaving behind a wife and young family.
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