REEVES, Leonard Charles
| Service Number: | 4637 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 October 1915, in Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
| Born: | Kent, England, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Keith, Tatiara, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor driver |
| Died: | 1946, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 23 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4637, 10th Infantry Battalion, in Adelaide | |
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| 7 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4637, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4637, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide | |
| 24 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 1 Apr 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Division Artillery | |
| 28 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
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Leonard Charles Reeves
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Leonard Charles Reeves was born in October 1892. Growing up he lived at 4 Gilbert Road, Ashford Kent, England with his mother Mrs E Reeves and his father, Charles Reeves. It is unknown if he was an only child. Later he moved to South Australia and lived at Keith.
Before Leonard was enlisted he was a motor driver and he was single. Leonard decided to enlist for the First World War on the 23rd of October in 1915 with the 10th Battalion with his enlistment ranking being Private. Leonard travelled to Adelaide to enlist.
After reaching Egypt in early 1916 Leonard was transferred into the 4th Division Artillery, serving in the Divisional Ammunition Column. In late 1917 he moved to the 2nd Division and in early 1918 was moved into the Trench Mortar batteries. He suffered from mumps in May 1917 and was repeatedly promoted: to Sergeant in September 1917, to 2nd lieutatent in November 1917 and then to Lieutenant in April 1918. In July 1918 he was moved into the Australian Flying Corps. He returned to Australia in September 1919.
After Leonard was discharged he got married. It is unknown what Leonard's occupation after the war was but his next kin was his mother, Mrs E Reeves.