Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Mateer L A Pte 3371 Leslie Alfred 6 Inf Bn 18 Clerk Single C of E
Address: Burnley, Gibdon St, 19
Next of Kin: Mateer, Mrs, mother, 19 Gibdon St, Burnley
Enlisted: 17 Jul 1915
Embarked: A71 Nestor 11 Oct 1915
Date of death: 30/04/1917 46 Inf Bn
CWGC: "Son of William and Martha Mateer. Native of Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Australia".
AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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Word has been received of the d[eath on] 30th April, from wounds received [in France] of Signaller Leslie A. Mateer, eldest [son of] Mr. and Mrs. W. Mateer, 19 Gibdon [street], Burnley, late of Ascot Vale. Prior [to] enlisting he was employed in the telegraph branch of the Victorian Railways. He [was] 19 years, and had been one year and ... months on active service.
ROLL OF HONOUR. (1917, May 24). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved May 12, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74602649
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Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiries Bureau Correspondence
Mateer L A 3371
D/W April 30th 1917 Det.
He was in the signalling section, D coy and lived in a suburb of Melbourne. He was away sick, in hospital near Albert when he picked up a bomb in the hospital grounds and was examining it with three or four others when it exploded. He died that same day from his injuries. We received news of his death the following day. He used to be in my Lewis gun section he was only a lad and had been employed in the Government Railway Dept before Joining up.
Ref: Pte J H Goodall 3755
No 16 Gen Hospital
Le Treport Jan 17th 1918.
War Service Commemorated
Ascot Vale Methodists*
Moonee Ponds West State School
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour DOW (LA Sgt)
In Memoriam
MATEER.- Fallen on field of honour in France,
April 30th, Signaller Leslie A. Mateer, dearly loved
eldest son of W. and M. Mateer, 19 Gibalon street,
Burnley, loved brother of Doris and Geoffrey,
aged 19 years.
Bravely he did his duty.
MATEER. - On April 30, in France, Signaller Leslie
A. Mateer, dearly loved nephew of Misses Mil-
sted, Mrs. McHenry, and E. Taylor, of Ascot-
vale, grandson of the late Mrs. Taylor, late of
Ascotvale and Inglewood.
His duty nobly done.
Family Notices (1917, May 9). The Argus
(Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 1.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1616424
MATEER.— On the 30th April, In France, of
wounds accidentally received, Signaller Leslie A.
Mateer, eldest son of W. and Mateer of 19
Gibdon-street, Burnley, grandson of the late W. and
E Mateer, of Flemington, aged 19 years (late tele
graphy branch of Victorian railways).
His duty done.
— Inserted by his loving aunts, Moonee Ponds.
Family Notices (1917, May 12). The Age
(Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 5.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154973448
MATEER -In loving memory of our dear
nephew, Signaller Lesley Mateer, of Burn-
ley, Victoria, killed in action somewhere
in France on April 30, 1917, aged 19 years.
Inserted by his loving aunties and uncles,
P and E. Bower, and C. Mateer, Subiaco,
H. and M. Mateer, Perth
KILLED IN ACTION. (1917, May 18).
Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), p. 42.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37990135
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