Leslie Charles WATKINS

WATKINS, Leslie Charles

Service Number: 2665
Enlisted: 11 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Depot Unit of Supply, 11th Army Service Corps
Born: Prospect, South Australia, 9 October 1892
Home Town: Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Draughtsman
Died: Natural causes, Mannum, South Australia , 13 March 1960, aged 67 years
Cemetery: AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
Section: Kendrew Oval, Road: 21A, Site No: 53
Memorials: Glenelg Moseley Street Uniting Church "Heroes of Two World Wars", Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Keswick Prospect Highbury Street Methodist Sunday School Old Scholars Roll of Honour, Keswick Prospect Methodist Sunday School Honour Board WW1, Prospect Methodist Sunday School Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

11 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2665, Morphettville, South Australia
19 Dec 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2665, 1st Depot Unit of Supply, 11th Army Service Corps, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
19 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2665, 1st Depot Unit of Supply, 11th Army Service Corps, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2665, 1st Depot Unit of Supply, 11th Army Service Corps, ANZAC / Gallipoli
30 Dec 1915: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2665, 1st Depot Unit of Supply, 11th Army Service Corps, Medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

Rootsweb ID I375148 Born 9 Oct 1892 in Prospect, South Australia
SA Births 1842 - 1906 Book: 509 Page: 411 District: Ade.

Father Charles Henry WATKINS and Mother: Susie DALE (both dec. as of 26/7/1915)

Prior to enlisting Leslie lived with Winnie Watkins at Jetty Road, Glenelg, SA.

Brother in service:
2211  Stanley George Watkins
         lived with sister Ruby at lived at 8 Buller Street, Prospect, SA.
         12/7/1915 enlisted at 18yrs 6mths of age, at Keswick, SA
         Private in 10th Infantry Battalion
         23/7/1918  returned to Australia, from France (gun shot wound to back, penetrated chest)
         6/12/1918  discharged from service    

Described as 21 yrs 11mths old; single; 5' 6.5" tall; 9 stone; dark complexion;
brown eyes; brown hair; Church of England.

11/9/1914      enlisted into WWI at Morphettville, SA

14/4/1915      embarked from Alexandria for GALLIPOLI, ANZAC

22/5/1915      admitted to field ambulance with rheumatism, Dardanelles, GALLIPOLI
                     transferred to hospital ship

7/6/1915        admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis
15/6/1915      discharged from hospital

29/7/1915      embarked onboard HMAS Hororata at Suez, for conveyance to Australia

19/12/1915     embarked from Port of Melbourne onboard HMAT Berrima A35
                      as a Private in 1 Depot Unit of Supply, 11 Army Service Corps

30/12/1915     discharged from service (right inguinal hernia)

Medals:           1914/15 Star (7471), British War Medal (1595), Victory medal (1595)

Total service:   1 year 111 days

1919-20          Travelled throughout the United States of America (accidentally lost his
                      discharge papers)

9/1/1953         resided in Nango, Queensland

15/03/1960      passed away  (68 Years of age)
buried in:         West Terrace Cemetery - AIF Cemetery
                       Section: Kendrew Oval, Road: 21A, Site No: 53
                       Grant Expires: 31/12/2032

Submitted by Julianne T Ryan.  29/9/2016.  Lest we forget.

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