Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Richards L O F Pte 1029 Leslie Oswald Francis 5 Inf Bn 21 Engineer Single Free thinker
Address: Moonee Ponds, Buckley St, 65
Next of Kin: Richards, Mary, 65 Buckley St, Moonee Ponds
48 Grandison St, Moonee Ponds (by June 1918)
Enlisted: 10 Sep 1915
Embarked: A3 Orvieto 21 Oct 1914
Relatives on Active Service:
Richards-D-Driver-19712 brother
Mitchell-W-S-Pte-12345 brother-in-law
Date of death: 14/06/1918
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Essendon Gazette 19 August 1915
Sergt. J. Elder (Essendon) and Privates L. O. F. Richards and H. Buck (Moonee Ponds) are reported ill. |
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Pte Leslie Richards 5th Battalion, died of wounds in France on 14th June, 1918. Pte Richards, who is a son of Mr. J. Richards of Grandison street, Moonee Ponds, participated in the landing at Gallipoli. He has a brother serving in the artillery.
OUR SOLDIERS. (1918, July 11). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: Morning. Retrieved July 10, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74606542 |
One Thousand Days with the AIF
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour Wounded
Regimental Register
RICHARDS.-In loving memory of our dear son
and brother, Private Leslie O. F. Richards, 5th
Battalion, died of wounds received in action near
Hazebrouck, France, on 14th June, 1918, youngest
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Richards, 48 Grandison
street, Moonee Ponds, formerly of Daylesford.
An Anzac. (Inserted by loving parents, sisters and
brothers.)
The Argus 14 June 1920
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RICHARDS - In sad and loving memory of Private
Leslie O F Richards, No 1029, 5th Battalion, AIF
who died of wounds received in action on 14th June,
1918, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J J Richards,
of 46 Grandison street, Moonee Ponds, formerly
of Daylesford.
An Anzac.
(Inserted by his mother and father and brothers and sisters.)
The Argus 14 June 1921
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RICHARDS -In loving memory of our dear son
and brother. Private Leslie O F Richards, No
1029, Fifth Battalion who died of wounds re-
ceived near Hazebrouck, France, on the 14th
June 1918. Enlisted and embarked with the
First Division A I F (Inserted by his mother
and father, Mr and Mrs J J Richards, 48
Grandison street, Moonee Ponds, late of Dayles-
ford, and brothers and sisters.)
The Argus 14 June 1923
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