YATES, Leslie
| Service Number: | 25836 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 January 1916, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Newport, Victoria, Australia, 25 August 1892 |
| Home Town: | Moe, Latrobe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Victoria, 17 December 1970, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Cremated on 21 December 1970 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 25836, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria | |
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| 1 Aug 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 25836, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Aug 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 25836, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 3 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, From 4th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 25 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , From 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 1 Jan 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Bombardier, 6th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 11 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Bombardier, 25836, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District | |
| 20 Aug 1919: | Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads:- On 4 August 1917, at Nieuport, the 16th Battery position was shelled from 3pm to 5 p.m. with 5.9S, about 150 shells falling during this period causing it to be evacuated. A shell struck a billet seriously wounding and burying two of the battery under a wall. Gunner Yates who was in a shelter near by immediately went and with three others worked in the wrecked room until the wounded men were released. During this period several other shells burst close against the billet. He then assisted to get them away under fire. He showed throughout great bravery and determination, and devotion to his wounded comrades. London Gazette on 20 August 1919, page 10586, position 68 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 December 1919, page 2373, position 104 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Alfred Yates and Amy Martha Yates nee Bryenton of Moe, Victoria.
Brother of James Yates who returned to Australia on 10 March 1919 having served with the 8th Field Artillery Brigade, John Wigley Yates who returned to Australia on 8 October 1919 having served with the 6th Field Artillery Brigade and Penn Simon Yates who returned to Australia on 27 April 1919 having served with the 1st Artillery Brigade
During 1916c Leslie married Lillian Mabel Phillips in Vicoria of Victoria Street, Collingwood, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 19 May 1919 aboard HT Borda disembarking on the 27 June 1919
Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal