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Leverington L     Pte    3105

Page history last edited by Lenore Frost 11 years, 11 months ago

Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Leverington L     Pte    3105    Leslie Henry               38 Inf Bn    27    Storeman    Single    Meth       

Address:    Ascot Vale, Walter St, 81   

Next of Kin:    Leverington, Louisa Clarice, Mrs, wife, 81 Walter St, Ascot Vale   

Enlisted:    9 Jan 1917       

Embarked:     A70 Ballarat 19 Feb 1917

 

The transport HMAT Ballarat after being torpedoed by a German submarine off the

southern English coast on 25 Apr 1917. In the background a British destroyer is

standing by to take the troops.  http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/C01592 AWM Collection.

 

Private Les. Leverington, of Walter street, Moonee Ponds. was another of the locals on the "Ballarat," and he, too, gives a graphic account of his experience after the torpedo had done its work.

 

ONE THOUSAND DAYS WITH THE A.I.F. (1917, July 19). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 6. Retrieved May 19, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74603188

 

 

 

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall F-L

Moonee Ponds West Methodist Church

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours 

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