PRITCHARD, Leslie George
| Service Number: | 518 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Carrington, New South Wales , Australia, 30 July 1891 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Toronto Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Cleaner |
| Died: | Acute nephritis & ureamia, 2nd General Hospital, Le Harve, France, 16 December 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre (Division 3. Row B, Grave No. II), , Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Haute-Normandie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton Loco Employees Great War Honour Roll, Hamilton War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Toronto Public School Pupils HB |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 518, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 518, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 518, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 25 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery, have I been forgotten?
105 years ago today, on the 16th December 1916, Private Leslie George Pritchard, 30th Battalion (Machine Gun Section, Reg No-518), cleaner and fireman (Hamilton Loco Sheds, N.S.W.), of 115 Tudor Street, Hamilton, New South Wales, Died of Disease (acute nephritis & uraemia), age-25.
Born at Carrington, New South Wales on the 30th July 1891 to Richard (Dick, died 1920) and Louisa (died 1904?) Pritchard, Leslie enlisted July 1915 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Leslie is resting at Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France. Division 3 Row B Grave II.
Mr. Pritchard’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor, Hamilton Loco Employees Roll of Honour (photos, unveiled on the 8th October 1916, 76 names originally inscribed, 97 names now inscribed, only 8 designated as Fallen, Leslie’s name not marked as Fallen, probably many more names to be inscribed), Toronto Public School Roll of Honour and the NSW Govt Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour, 1914-1919.
There is no memorial inscription on the headstone plaque to tell us of the supreme sacrifice of Richard’s son Leslie, so June 2021 I placed a memorial cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the memorialised grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service. ANGLICAN 1-67. 29.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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