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CAVELL, Leslie Charles
Personal Details
Service Number: | 885 |
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Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, St Kilda, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria , 1893 |
Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 April 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Pozieres British Cemetery Ovillers-La Boisselle, Pozieres, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 885, St Kilda, Victoria | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 885, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 885, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
9 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 885, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 885 awm_unit: 2 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-04-09 |
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