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LEE, Leslie Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 224 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 March 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Parkside, South Australia, 21 November 1894 |
| Home Town: | Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Brighton Street State School, Richmond, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 8 June 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 224, 10th Machine Gun Company, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 27 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 224, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 27 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 224, 10th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 8 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 224, 10th Machine Gun Company, Battle of Messines |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
A labourer prior to his enlistment in March 1916, Pte 224 Leslie Edward Lee was killed in action at Messines, France on 8 June 1917, aged 22.
Lee played 2 games (1913) Australian Rules football for the Richmond Football Club in the VFL and also took part in the first demonstration match for this football code held outside Australia at Queens Ground in London in October 1916 in which the team with which he played, the 3rd Division team, beat the members of the Australian Training Units team.
Source: AWM and Robert Wight
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