Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Cannon L W G     Pte    2594    Leslie William George        21 Inf Bn    23    Tinsmith    Single    C of E

Address:    North Melbourne, Chapman St, 22    

Next of Kin:    Cannon, William Newton, father, 22 Chapman St, North Melbourne    

Enlisted:    16 Jul 1915        

Embarked:     RMS Moldavia 5 Oct 1915    

Discharged 1917, address 37 South St, Ascot Vale

Relatives:

Cannon R H Pte 5009 brother

War Service Commemorated                                       

Essendon Town Hall A-F

Ascot Vale School Honour Roll    

Ascot Vale SS Noble Deeds

Ascot Vale State School "Noble Deeds"

"Before the war he was a tinsmith.  He enlisted with the Infantry Corps on 14th August 1915. 

When fighting at Bullecourt, France, he was gassed.  After the war he resumed his previous

occupation".