Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Harvey L     Pte    1222    Leslie John              Vet Corps    19    Clerk    Single    Pres       

Address:    Ascot Vale, Charles St, 33   

Next of Kin:    Harvey, E J, Mrs, mother, 33 Charles St, Ascot Vale   

Enlisted:    30 Apr 1917       

Embarked:     A60 Aeneas 30 Oct 1917  

Prior service:  Four years Senior Cadets 58B

Promoted to Temporary Sergeant on 2 Oct 1918, and to Sergeant on 21 Jan 1919.

NOTE:  Although the Maribynong-Bagotville Hill Returned Soldiers' Memorial records MSM next to the name of "L Harvey", there is no record of a Meritorious Service Medal having been issued to Sergeant Harvey.  There is nothing recorded in Sergeant Harvey's Attestation papers, nothing in the AIF Nominal Roll for any L Harvey, and nothing in the AWM list of Awards and Recommendations to indicate any Harvey at all received the MSM.  The Maribyrnong-Bagotville Hill Welcome Home Committee, however, refer to Sergeant Harvey having an MSM in a report dated 25 May 1922.

Harvey's mother puts her son's allotment into a savings account:

HARVEY'S HOME. (1918, May 11). Truth (Melbourne ed.) (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: CITY EDITION. Retrieved March 15, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130171424

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall F-L

Maribyrnong-Bagotville Hill Returned Soldiers' Memorial

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours