Leslie CHAMPNESS

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CHAMPNESS, Leslie

Service Numbers:	234, 2271
Enlisted:	17 August 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Noarlunga, South Australia, 1 February 1881
Home Town:	Jamestown, Northern Areas, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Saddler
Died:	Fullarton, South Australia, 24 September 1944, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance.
Memorials:	Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (2), Jamestown Friendly Society Roll of Honour, Jamestown Methodist Church WW1 Roll of Honor, Jamestown Soldier's Memorial Park Arch

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Trooper, 234, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen

17 Aug 1915:	Enlisted
9 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2271, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Outer Harbor embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
9 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2271, 32nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Outer Harbor
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 2271, 32nd Infantry Battalion

Biography

Rootsweb ID: I330986 Birth Record: 1 Feb 1881 in Noarlunga, South Australia

Father John Henry Champness and Mother Blanche Annette (nee Leppard) Champness.

15/4/1909 married Elsie Jane Wilmhurst, at Jamestown Methodist Church, SA

Father of 2 children on enlisting

BOER WAR - Service number 234 - 15 months
Trooper, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen, Australian and Colonial Military Forces

WWI - Service number 2271

Described on enlisting as 34yrs old; married; 5' 10 1/4" tall; 169lbs;
dark brown complexion; brown eyes; dark hair; Church of England

18/8/1915 enlisted in Adelaide, SA

19/8/1915 appointed to A Company, 4th Depot Battalion, Adelaide Camp

1/10/1915 NCO School

1/12/1915 as Corporal

9/3/1916 embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board RMS Mongolia
as a Private in 8th Infantry Brigade, 32nd Battalion, 4th Reinforcement

3/4/1916 transferred to ANZAC Police Corps

2/7/1916 transferred to 32nd Battalion

24/9/1916 taken on strength from reinforcements to 5th Civil Australian Base Depot
reverts to Private

11/12/1916    embarked onboard HS St George for England
                     sick with Bronchitis and rheumatism
12/12/1916    admitted to 2nd Birmingham Hospital

27/5/1917 proceeded overseas to France, ex Southampton

6/10/1917 detached to 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery

21/10/1917    wounded in action
29/10/1917    embarked onboard Carisbrook Castle for England
30/10/1917    admitted to Beauford Hospital, contusion back, Bristol, England

15/5/1918 proceeded overseas to France

16/6/1918 transferred from 32nd Battalion to 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery

11/7/1918      sick to hospital
5/8/1918        admitted to LofB Hospital, Bristol, England18/8/1918      admitted Beafort War Hospital - influenze, Bristol
26/8/1918      transferred from Beaufort War Hospital to 3rd Auxillary Hospital

26/9/1918 leave to UK
11/10/1918 rejoint unit

8/11/1918 returned to Australia onboard D32 Gaika
29/12/1918 disembarked into Australia

Medals: British War Medal (10576), Victory Medal (10504)

17/3/1919 discharged from service

Total service: 3 years 211 days (2 years 296 days overseas)

Last lived at Fullarton, SA.

24/9/1944      passed away
buried in:        Centennial Park Cemetery
                     Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
                     Interment Right EXPIRED 25/09/2009

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 4/5/2016. Lest we forget.

Thank you to Kaye Bottrall, Jamestown, SA for her information.

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