HARBORD, Leonard
| Service Number: | 3764 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Moorooduc, Victoria. Australia, October 1895 |
| Home Town: | Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | postman |
| Died: | Ferntree Gully, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 June 1968, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3764, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3764, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3764, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 25 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 1 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 7 Mar 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Polygon Wood, 26-27th September 1917 at Polygon Wood for using his Vickers guns to flank the enemy with exceptional skill and bravery. | |
| 1 Aug 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 30 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, GSW back and right leg severe | |
| 1 May 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 4 Apr 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
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Caulfield RSL Biography
Lt Leonard Harbord was Roy Edward Harbord- RAN older brother was a postman in Elsternwick who enlisted in the AIF in August 1915. He had existing service with as a Sergeant with the C.M.F. and by March 1916 was in Egypt as a Machine Gunner with the 59 Battalion. Later in France as a Corporal, he was Mentioned in Dispatches (MID), and he was awarded a Military Medal (MM) in actions near Polygon Wood. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in 1918. Leonard is pictured with fellow Officer Cadets of Number 6 Battalion in front of Trinity College, Oxford in January 1918 (4th from right in 1st seated row). He was seriously wounded in battle, hospitalised, and returned to Australia in 1919. He later settled in Ferntree Gully and died in 1968.
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