Leslie George DORAN

DORAN, Leslie George

Service Number: 1843
Enlisted: 29 March 1917
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 2nd Light Railway Operating Company
Born: Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia, 13 July 1892
Home Town: Maryville, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Locomotive fireman
Died: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 13 December 1956, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW
ANGLICAN 2-138. 86.
Memorials: N.S.W.G.R. Loco Depot Port Waratah HR
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World War 1 Service

29 Mar 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 1843, Railway Unit (AIF)
11 May 1917: Involvement 1843, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
11 May 1917: Embarked 1843, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
17 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1843, 2nd Light Railway Operating Company, 2nd MD

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.

67 years ago today, on the 14th December 1956, Sergeant Leslie George Doran, 2nd Australian Light Railway Operating Company (Reg No-1843), locomotive fireman from McMichael Street, Maryville, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 64. ANGLICAN 2-138. 86.

Born at Tenterfield, New South Wales on the 13th July 1892 to Henry, died 13.10.1915, Wickham, N.S.W., age 69, ANGLICAN 1-58. 5, from McMichael Street, Maryville, N.S.W. and Louisa Doran, died 13.3.1945, from 215 Trafalgar Street, Petersham, New South Wales and 207 Denison Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., age?, ANGLICAN 1-58. 5; husband of Florence May Doran nee Jones (married 1921, Stockton, N.S.W., died 10.7.1982, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 87, sleeping here), Leslie enlisted on the 2nd April 1917 with the 5th Railway Unit at Sydney, N.S.W.
Final leave allowed from 5 p.m. 29.3.1917 to 9 a.m. 2.4.1917.

Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on the 11th May 1917.

Admitted to hospital 25.5.1918 (haemorrhoids).

Granted leave to England from 8.9.1918 to 24.9.1918.

Granted leave to Paris from 25.1.1919 to 5.2.1919.

Leslie arrived home on the 17th August 1919, being discharged on the 17th September 1919.

Mr. Doran’s name has been inscribed on the Port Waratah Locomotive Depot Roll of Honour. Name not inscribed on the NSW Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour 1914-1919.

I have placed poppies at Leslie’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.

Not officially commemorated.

Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.

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