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Prior-L-H-Pte-3471

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Prior L H         Pte    3471    Leonard Howard              60 Inf Bn    18    Bank clerk    Single    Bap       

Address:    Moonee Ponds, Lorne St, 56   

Next of Kin:    Prior, Joshua, father, 56 Lorne St, Moonee Ponds   

Enlisted:    20 Mar 1917       

Embarked:     A16 Port Melbourne 16 Jul 1917 (Sydney)   

 

BOY ENLISTS ON REACHING 18

FATHER'S PROMISE KEPT

Leonard Harold Prior, of 56 Lawn street, Moonee Ponds, clerk, attained the age of 18 this week, and his father, Mr Joshua Prior,  accompanied him to the Town Hall Recruiting Depot to give his  consent to the boy's joining the colors.

 

"He is my only child," said Mr Prior, "and I promised him on his 16th birthday that he could enlist when he was 18. He has been counting the days for the last two years.

 

"I'm proud to come along with him, and would go with him if I was under the age limit."

 

Young Prior is a well set up boy. He told the enlisting officer that he knew half the drill already, as he had been a corporal in the Citizen Forces. He expressed a desire to go into the artillery.

 

BOY ENLISTS ON REACHING 18. (1917, March 24). Weekly Times (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 31. Retrieved January 14, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121150779

 

Courtesy of Marilyn Kenny.

 

 

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall L-R

Essendon High School Honour Roll

Moonee Ponds West State School

Moonee Ponds Baptist Church

St Pauls Anglican Church, Ascot Vale

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours

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