"Loved in Life, honoured in Death, cherished in Memory"
LE BON, John
Service No: 307 Private 13th Light Horse
Born: Derby, Tasmania Father: John LE BON Of Derby, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Labourer Enlisted: 8 January 1915 Embarkation: 28 May 1915 from Melbourne per ‘Persic’ Age: 21 years Served in Egypt, Gallipoli & France Wounded in Action: 9 August 1918 Returned to Australia: 10 June 1919 per ‘Runic’ Discharged: 9 August 1919
Tasmania Weekly Courier 03 May 1917 Insert 5
LE FEVRE, Stanley
Lieutenant 39th Battalion
Killed in action on 30 August 1918 Aged 22 years. Buried 624 Hem Farm Military Cemetery Hem-Monacu, France.
Tasmania Weekly Courier 26 July 1917 Insert 4
LEAHY, Martin William
Service no 1933 Private 58th Battalion
Son of David Dudley LEAHY Returned to Australia 08 February 1919 per 'Matatua'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 28 September 1916 Insert 4
LEANMAN, Alfred William
Service No 2601 Private 40th Battalion
Born Hobart, Tas. Son of Emma LEAHMAN Of 26 Goulburn Street, Hobart, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Boot Repairer Enlisted 03 October 1916 Returned to Australia 27 August 1917
Tasmanian Mail
LEAMAN, Allan Gordon
Service No 601 Private 4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born Hobart, Tas. Son of J LEAMAN Of 99 Argyle Street, Hobart, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Tram Conductor Enlisted 31 October 1916 Returned to Australia 31 March 1919
Tasmanian Mail
LEAMAN, William Edward
Service No 7304 Private 12th Battalion
Born Hobart, Tas. Son of D LEAMAN Of Argyle Street, Hobart, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Enlisted 31 October 1916 Returned to Australia 16 March 1919
Tasmanian Mail
LEARY, Vivan
Service no 2009 Corporal 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born Hobart, Tas. Next of kin Evelyn COLE Of Melville St., Hobart, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Electrician Enlisted 27 August 1914 at Pontville, Tas. Served in Egypt and France Returned to Australia 25 December 1918 per 'Port Lyttleton'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 17 June 1915 Insert 2
LEE, Albert Eric
Service no 6579 Temporary Corporal 12th Battalion
Born Launceston, Tas. Brother of Elsie May LEE Of 59 High St., Launceston, Tas. Enlisted 05 September 1916 at Claremont, Tas. Returned to Australia 18 July 1919 per 'Takada'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 26 July 1917 Insert 5
LEE, Charles James
Service no 162 Private 12th Battalion
Born 16 October 1894 in Longford, Tasmania Son of James Edmund LEE & Amy nee BRIGGS Occupation prior to enlistment Longford, Tasmania Died of wounds Aged 20 years Buried at sea
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LEE, Clarence Leslie
Service No: 18281 Driver 14th Field Ambulance
Born: Cressy, Tasmania Mother: Matilda LEE Of Longford, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Laborer Enlisted: 18 October 1916 Embarkation: 8 October 1917 from Sydney per ‘Anchises’ Aged: 24 years Served in France Returned to Australia: 13 September 1919 per ‘Valencia’ Discharged: 29 October 1919
Tasmania Weekly Courier 07 March 1918 Insert 5
LEE, David Stanford
Service no 1545 Gunner 10th Field Artillery Brigade
Born Lefroy, Tas. Son of Joseph and Emily LEE Of Lefroy, Tas. Enlisted 13 August 1915 at Claremont, Tas. Killed in action 20 September 1917 Aged 21 years Commemorated Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
Tasmania Weekly Courier 25 October 1917 Insert 4
LEE, Darcy William
Private
Born 1888 at Deloraine, Tas. Son of John Adam LEE Of Caveside, Tas. Wounded in France
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Tasmania Weekly Courier 07 October 1915 insert 4
LEE, Edmond Keith
Service no 4831 Private 12th Battalion
Born Deloraine, Tas. Son of Samuel Moore LEE Of West Meander, Deloraine, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Farm Labourer Enlisted 20 December 1915 at Ross, Tas. Returned to Australia 02 July 1919 per 'Nestor'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 12 April 1917 Insert 5
LEE, Eric Hubert
Service No: 1136 Lance Corporal 26th Battalion, 2nd Division Salvage Company
Born: Cressy, Tasmania Father: Frederick W. LEE Of Ringwood Hotel, Cressy, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Labourer Enlisted: 3 May 1915 Embarkation: 29 June 1915 from Brisbane per ‘Aeneas’ Age: 23 years Served in Egypt, Gallipoli & France Suffered from Trench Feet Returned to Australia: 6 November 1919 per ‘Ascanius’ Discharged: 4 January 1920
Tasmania Weekly Courier 07 December 1916 Insert 5
LEE, Ernest
Service No: 1267 Sergeant 26th Battalion
Born: Manchester England Son of George & Elizabeth LEE Of 91 Main St, Zeehan, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Carpenter Enlisted: 15 May 1915 Embarkation: 29 June 1915 from Brisbane per HMAT Aeneas Age: 26 years Served in Egypt, Gallipoli & France Wounded in Action: 5 August 1916 Returned to Australia: 12 December 1916 per ‘Wiltshire’ Discharged: 19 March 1917
Tasmania Weekly Courier 29 July 1915 Insert 4
LEE, Frederick Charles
Service No: 875 Private 12th Battalion, 40th Battalion
Born: Lefroy, Tasmania Father: Thomas William LEE Of Bradshaw Creek, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Miner Enlisted: 8 October 1915 Embarkation: 1 July 1916 from Hobart per ‘Berrima’ Age: 21 years Served in France & Belgium Returned to Australia: 8 August 1919 per ‘Themistocles’ Discharged: 4 October 1919 Died: 12 March 1944 Buried: West Tce Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
Tasmania Weekly Courier 14 December 1916 Insert 5
LEE, Frederick George
Service no 3609 Private 15th Battalion
Born Caveside, Tas. Son of John A LEE Of Caveside, Tas. Enlisted 11 August 1915 at Claremont, Tas. Returned to Australia 01 August 1918 per 'Essex'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 09 August 1917 Insert 4
LEE, Frederick James (right)
Service No: 4536 Private 14th Reinforcements 12th Battalion -52nd Battalion
Born 1896 at Frankford, Tasmania Son of Jonathon Lee Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Enlisted 8 November 1915 at Ross, Tasmania Served in France Discharged 19 March 1917 Returned Per “Wiltshire”
Tasmania Weekly Courier 20 April 1916 Insert 4
LEE, George
Service No: 1268 Private 26th Battalion
Born: Manchester England Son of George & Elizabeth LEE NOK: Sister: E. LEE Of 91 Main St, Zeehan, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Laborer Enlisted: 15 May 1915 Embarkation: 29 June 1915 from Brisbane per HMAT Aeneas Age: 22 Years Served in Egypt Illness: Heart Disease Returned to Australia: per Kanowna leaving Suez on 22 November 1915 Discharged: 1 May 1916 Died: 6 October 1932 Buried: Wivenhoe Cemetery, Tasmania
Tasmania Weekly Courier 29 July 1915 Insert 3
LEE, James Beith
Service No 17197 Private 15th Field Ambulance
Born Lismore, NSW Son of E LEE Of Dawson Street, Lismore, NSW Occupation prior to enlistment Tailor Resided Hobart, Tas. Enlisted 09 October 1916 Returned to Australia 28 August 1919
Tasmanial Mail
LEE, John Orwood
Service No: 4535 Private 14th Reinforcements 12th Battalion -52nd Battalion
Born 1886 at Frankford, Tasmania Son of Jonathon Lee Occupation prior to enlistment Farmer Enlisted 8 November 1915 at Ross, Tasmania Served in France Killed in Action 7 June 1917 Buried ¾ of a mile North of Elessines, France
Tasmania Weekly Courier 23 August 1917 Insert 4
LEE, Louis Daniel
Service no 6766 Private 12th Battalion
Born Deloraine, Tas. Son of Samuel Moore and Mary Ann LEE Of Meander, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Farm Labourer Enlisted 11 August 1916 at Claremont, Tas. Killed in action 5-8 May 1917 Commemorated Villers Bretonneux Memorial
Tasmania Weekly Courier 05 April 1917 Insert 5
LEE, Malcolm Roland Thomson Vivian
Service no 5739 Private 40th Battalion
Born Longford, Tas. Son of Edmund LEE Of Castra Central, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Blacksmith Resided Sprent, Tas. Enlisted 11 April 1916 Returned to Australia 30 April 1919
Tasmania Weekly Courier 15 February 1917 Insert 5
LEE, Oliver Mathew
Second Lieutenant 3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born Mole Creek, Tasmania Son of George LEE Of Mole Creek, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlistment Storekeeper Enlisted 20 August 1914 at Pontville, Tasmania Served in Egypt Returned to Australia 25 December 1918 per 'Somali'
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LEE, Roy Ernest
Service no 985 Private 40th Battalion
Son of Herbert LEE Returned to Australia 06 June 1919 per 'Orca'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 22 February 1917 Insert 5
LEE, Thomas Leslie
Service No: 2007 Private 3rd Field Coy Engineers
Born Mathinna, Tas. Son of Mr John & Mrs Mary LeeOf Bangor, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Engine Driver Enlisted: 22 July 1915 Embarkation: 16 October 1915 from Melbourne per ‘Pt Lincoln’ Age: 22 years Served in Egypt & France Killed in Action 22 July 1916. Buried Casualty Corner Cemetery
Born: Cararton New Zealand Wife: Mrs. N. LEE C/O Launceston Post Office, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Mineral Water Enlisted: 5 January 1915 Embarkation: 29 June 1915 from Brisbane per ‘Aeneas’ Age: 25 years Served in Egypt, Gallipoli & France Wounded in Action: 20 October 1917 Returned to Australia Discharged: 28 June 1919 Awarded Military Medal
Tasmania Weekly Courier 30 September 1915 Insert 5
LEECH, John Stanley
Service no 6580 Private 12th Battalion
Born Malmsbury, Vic. Son of M A LEECH Of Black Rock, Vic. Husband of Mrs. J.W. LEECH Of Zeehan, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Farmer Enlisted 02 June 1916 at Claremont, Tas. Served in France Returned to Australia 03 January 1919 per 'Suevic'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 15 November 1917 Insert 4
LEEDHAM, Henry Francis (Frank)
Stoker HMAS Parramatta Royal Australian Navy
Born July 1895 at Ross, Tas. Son of Mr and Mrs E LEEHAM Grandson of Mrs. E Smith Of Portugal Street, Ross, Tas. Enlisted 16 January 1913 for 5 years Discharged 26 October 1918
Tasmania Weekly Courier 28 October 1915 insert 4
LEEDHAM, William Ernest
Service No: 3312 Private 26th Battalion, 1st Pioneer Battalion
Born: 20 January 1898 in Ross, Tasmania Father: Ernest LEEDHAM Of Campbelltown, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Labourer Enlisted: 5 September 1915 Embarkation: 13 December 1915 from Hobart per ‘Ajana’ Age: 18 years Served in Egypt, France & England Wounded in Action on 2 occasions: 4/10/1917 & 18/9/1918 Returned to Australia: 25 April 1920 per ‘Ceramic’ Discharged: 6 August 1920 Also served in WW2 Service No: T34379 Died: 12 November 1985
Tasmania Weekly Courier 11 November 1915 Insert 5
LEHMAN, Stanley Gervis
Service no 10965 A/Bdr 6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born Latrobe, Tas. Son of George LEHMAN Of Commercial Bank, Burnie, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Clerk Returne dto Australia 02 July 1919 per 'Nestor'
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Seated pictured with Clarence HARRISON 10958
LELLO, Thomas Henry
Service no 5129 Private 52nd Battalion
Son of T H LELLO Of Conlan Street, Queenstown, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Loco Fitter Enlisted 13 November 1915 Awarded Military Medal Returned to Australia 25 August 1917
Tasmania Weekly Courier 05 October 1916 Insert 5
LEMIN, Albert Truscot
Service no 2005 Corporal 60th Battalion
Born Zeehan, Tasmania Son of Margret LEMIN Of 37 South Crescent, South Northcote Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Enlisted 19 August 1914 at Broadmeadows, Victoria Served in France Awarded Military Medal 08 October 1917 'This Lance Corporal during the whole of the operations at Polygon Wood near Ypres 26/27th September 1917 carried messages from the front line and Battalion Headquarters, through the enemy barrage. He also took out patrols during the day, and sent back valuable information regarding the movements of the enemy. On 27th September, he organised No 16 Platoon, and maintained communication with the British Troops on the right, when our flank was in danger' Returned to Australia 04 December 1915 per 'Karoola'
Tasmania Weekly Courier April 01 1915 Insert 3
LEO, James Francis
Service no 917 Private 26th Battalion
Son of John & Mary Leo Died of wounds 11 November 1916 in France Buried Heilly Station Cemetery, France
Tasmania Weekly Courier 09 December 1915 Insert 5
LEO, Thomas Leslie
Service no 2007 Sapper 3rd Field Company Engineers
Son of John & Mary LEO Killed in action 28 July 1916 in France Buried Casualty Corner Cemetery 3 ¼ miles East, North East of Albert.
Tasmania Weekly Courier 09 December 1915 Insert 5
LEONARD, Arthur George
Service No: 6300 Private 12th Battalion
Born: Oaks, Tasmania Son of Charles & Elsie LEONARD Of Oaks, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Labourer Enlisted: 31 May 1916 Embarkation: 24 August 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Botanist’ Age: 21 years Served in England, France & Belgium Wounded in Action on 2 occasions: 19/9/1917 & 1/5/1918 Died of Wounds: 3 May 1918 Buried: Ebblinghem Military Cemetery, Nord Pass de Calais, France Plot 1, Row E, Grave 16
Tasmania Weekly Courier 21 December 1916 Insert 5
LEONARD, William
Service No: 6577 Lance Corporal 12th Battalion
Born: Bracknell, Tasmania Son of Charles James & Elsie LEONARD Of Bracknell, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Farmer Enlisted: 21 August 1916 Embarkation: 20 October 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Pt Lincoln’ Age: 18 years Served in France Wounded in Action: 25 August 1918 Returned to Australia: 23 February 1919 per ‘Morvada’ Discharged: 3 April 1919 Awarded Military Medal
Tasmania Weekly Courier 21 December 1916 Insert 5
LESLIE, Alfred John
Service No 3674 Private 26th Battalion
Born Launceston, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Resided 20 Green Street, Invermay, Launceston, Tas. Enlisted 28 September 1915 Killed in action 29 July 1916 Commemorated Villers-Bretenneux Memorial
Tasmania Weekly Courier 05 October 1916 Insert 4
LESTER, Albert Gladstone
Service No 728 Lance Corporal 15th Battalion
Born Launceston, Tas. Son of E LESTER Of 11 Lower George Street, Boog's Lane, Launceston, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Sailor Enlisted 31 January 1917 Effective Abroad
LESTER, Henry Heath
Service No 2754 Able Seaman HMAS Cerberus
Born 08 January 195 at Launceton, Tas. Son of Nellie LESTER Of 11 Lower George Street, Boog's Lane, Launceston, Tas. Enlisted for 5 years in the Navy 18 March 1913 Discharged 17 August 1919
LESTER, Eric William
Service no 6134 Gunner 1st Mechanical Transport Company
Son of W M LESTER Of 'Woodbanks', Baden Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Enlisted 03 August 1915 Returned to Australia 1918
Tasmania Weekly Courier 30 August 1917 Insert 4
LETHBORG, Elvin Arthur
Service No: 35342 Gunner 3rd DAC
Born: Scottsdale, Tasmania Father: Arthur LETHBORG Of Springfield, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Farmer Enlisted: 3 October 1916 Embarkation: 9 November 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Pt Sydney’ Age: 24 years Served in England & France Returned to Australia: 25 March 1919 per ‘Ascanius’ Discharged: 24 April 1919
Tasmania Weekly Courier 14 November 1918 Insert 5
LETHBORG, Leslie George
Service no 20312 Driver 8th Field Infantry Brigade
Born 1889 at Scottsdale, Tasmania Son of Richard LETHBORG Occupation prior to enlistment Butcher Enlisted 11 January 1915 at Ross, Tasmania Served in France Returned to Australia 03 April 1919 per 'Borda'
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LETHBORG, Mervyn
Service no 2355 Private 12th Battalion
Son of Richard LETHBORG Of South Springfield, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Farmer Enlisted 01 July 1916 Returned to Australia 1918
Tasmania Weekly Courier 19 April 1917 Insert 5
LEVERTON, Sydney Charles
Service No: 1711 Private 31st Battalion
Born: Spalding, England Son of Herbert & Jane LEVERTON Of Clare St, Newtown, Hobart, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Blacksmith Enlisted: 13 April 1915 in Brisbane Embarkation: 3 January 1916 from Brisbane per ‘Kyarra’ Age: 18 years Served in Egypt & France Returned to Australia: 5 February 1919 per ‘Aeneas’ Discharged: 3 April 1919
Queenslander Pictorial Supplement 12 February 1916 page 25
LEVETT, Albert Raymond
Service No: 2195 Private 48th Battalion
Born: Sussex, England Father: Albert Ernest LEVETT Of 23 Arthur St, Hobart, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Farmer Enlisted: 16 March 1916 Embarkation: 12 August 1916 Age: 21 years Served in France Reported wounded & Missing in Action: 11 April 1917 Captured Died of wounds whilst a POW in German hands on 13 April 1917 Buried: Cabaret – Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France Plot 15, Row G, Grave 6
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LEVIS, James William
Service No 2500 Private 26th Battalion
Born Hobart, Tas. Son of Young and Mary LEVIS Of Lansdowne Crescent, Hobart, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Carpenter Enlisted 26 July 1915 Killed in action 29 July 1916 Buried Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension III D 3
LEVY, Thomas
Service 638 Private 13th Battalion
Born: Collingswood, Victoria Mother: Alice LEVY Of Zeehan, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Laborer Enlisted: 25 August 1914 Embarkation: 15 September 1914 from Melbourne per ‘Ulysses’ Age: 19 years Served in Egypt, Gallipoli & England Wounded in Action: 29 April 1915 Returned to Australia: 7 November 1915 per ‘Runic’ Discharged: 23 May 1916
Tasmania Weekly Courier 22 July 1915 insert 4
LEWIS, Albert Robert
Service No: 665 Sergeant 5th Battalion
Returned to Australia 28 March 1919 per “D34”
Tasmania Weekly Courier 06 May 1915 Insert 3
LEWIS, Alfred Claude Roy aka Joseph Alfred
Service no 6582 Private 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Brother of Florence WILLIAMS Returned to Australia 18 October 1919 per 'Persic'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 06 May 1915 Insert 3
LEWIS, Alfred Henry
Service No: 1843 Private 12th Battalion
Born: Nile near Evandale, Tasmania Father: George LEWIS Of Nile near Evandale, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Porter Enlisted: 13 January 1915 Embarkation: 19 April 1915 from Fremantle per HMAT Argyllshire Age: 19 years Served in Egypt & Gallipoli Died of Pneumonia at sea on 20 October 1915 on board HS Nevasa Buried at Sea Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey (Panel 35)
Tasmania Weekly Courier 29 July 1915 Insert 4
LEWIS, Arthur Roy
Service no 7177 Trooper 3rd Tunnelling Company
Born Beaconsfield, Tas. Son of Margaret LEWIS Of High St., Beaconsfield, Tas. Enlisted 27 February 1917 at Claremont, Tas. Returned to Australia 05 August 1919 per 'Miltiades'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 12 July 1917 Insert 5
LEWIS, Clarence Oscar
Service No: 370 Gunner 55th Battalion – 36th Siege Brigade
Son of Mrs Mary Lewis Medically Discharged with Tuberculosis 1 February 1918 per “HS Balmoral Castle”
Tasmania Weekly Courier 06 May 1915 Insert 3
LEWIS, Eric
Service no 3781 Private 13th Field Ambulance
Born Hobart, Tas. Son of Jemima LEWIS Of 56 Warwick St., Hobart, Tas. Returned to Australia 21 April 1919 per 'Kashmir'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 24 June 1915 Insert 3
LEWIS, Gordon Cameron
Service no 7178 Sapper 3rd Tunnelling Company
Born Lefroy, Tas. Son of Margaret LEWIS Of High St., Beaconsfield, Tas. Enlisted 27 February 1917 at Claremont, Tas. Returned to Australia 05 August 1919 per 'Miltiades'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 12 July 1917 Insert 5
LEWIS, Hilton Magnus
Service no 2262 Private 26th Battalion
Born Hobart, Tas. Son of William J and Martha S LEWIS Of Dover, Port Esperance, Tas. Enlisted at Claremont, Tas. Killed in action 29 July 1916 Commemorated Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Tasmania Weekly Courier 06 September 1917 Insert 4
LEWIS, Leonard Victor
Service No: 1848 Private 12th Battalion
Son of Mrs P C Lewis Awarded The Military Medal 14 May 1919 Returned to Australia 28 May 1919 per “Lancashire” Died 2 July 1969