Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Lee A G Pte 5128 Arthur George 5 Inf Bn 21 Labourer Single R C
Address: Moonee Ponds, McNae St
Next of Kin: Lee, George, Mr, father, McNae St, Moonee Ponds
89 Lennox St, Moonee Ponds by 12/7/1921
Enlisted: 26 Jan 1916
Embarked: A23 Suffolk 1 Apr 1916
Prior service: 58 Inf Regt.
Realtives on Active Service:
Pte William Lee, 4136, 24th Battalion, brother. Married, enlisted in Brunswick
Date of Death: 25 September 1917 Belgium 58 Inf Bn aged 22
CWGC: "Son of George and Sarah Lee, of 89, Lennox St., Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia. Native of Essendon, Victoria".
- TYNE COT CEMETERY
Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiries Bureau Correspondence
Missing Sept 25/17
He was blown to pieces by a shell in the Reserves at Polygon Wood. His body was found, but I could not say if buried. He was a great footballer and came from Victoria.
Description age 22 years. Height 5 -7, Complexion Fair, Build Slight Witness. Brown, A, Pte No 3114, 58th Battalion
Taken at No 4 C Depot, Hurdcott 23-1-18.
https://www.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1044231--1-.pdf
A Field enquiry held on 17.2.18 determined that Lee had been killed in action on 25 July 1917.
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War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall F-L
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours
In Memoriam
LEE - In sad and loving memory of our dear son and brother,
Private A G Lee, 58th Battalion, AIF, killed in action in France
on the 25th September 1917.
Killed in action, so the cable message ran
Thus it briefly told the story of the passing of a man
Though he wore no glittering medals
Could not write his name VC
Yet we know he died a hero
Just to keep Australia free.
Killed in Action
That is all the papers say
But we, who knew and loved him
Know a hero died that day
Inserted by his loving father and mother,
Moonee Ponds; also his brothers,
Private W Lee (on service) and Albert Lee.
Family Notices (1918, September 25). The Age
(Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 1.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155135873
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