LEEMING, Philip Lorne Boden
| Service Number: | 6039 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 March 1916, Bathurst, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Terara, New South Wales, Australia, 10 August 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bankstown, Bankstown, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carrier/Grocer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 16 April 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nowra Soldiers Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6039, Bathurst, New South Wales | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6039, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6039, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 24 Dec 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6039, 4th Infantry Battalion, GSW (back) | |
| 16 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6039, 4th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Nicola Walters
Embarkation Roll (www.awm.gov.au) has incorrectly recorded spelling of Christian Names as PHILLIP LORNA
"...6039 Private Philip Lorne Boden Leeming, 4th Battalion, of Sydney, NSW. Prior to enlistment Pte Leeming was employed as a grocer in Sydney, NSW. He embarked with the 19th Reinforcements on HMAT Wiltshire (A18) on 22 August 1916.He served on the Western Front and in early 1918 he was wounded. He was admitted to 1st Eastern General Hospital on 2 January 1917 with a severe shrapnel wound to the back which he received between Strazeele and Merris, France. Records indicate that he died on 16 April 1918 and is memorialised at Villers-Bretonneux Australian National Memorial, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Philip Lorne Boden LEEMING was born on 10th August, 1892 in Terara, New South Wales
His parents were Richad Caleb LEEMING & Emma Jane YEATES who married in Sydney in 1876
He married Isabel Elenor CRANE in Sydney in 1912 - 3 known children, Philip Henry Caleb, Kenneth William & Harold Arnold
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Two of his sons served in the Army in WW2
1. Philip Henry Caleb LEEMING (SN NX78419) discharged 1945
2. Kenneth William LEEMING (SN NX79233) discharged 1945
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