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Leslie Alfred HASTWELL

Regimental number3144
Date of birth20 November 1889
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBarman
Address48 Hutt Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 5.5"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Jane Hastwell, 5 Hutt Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date9 August 1915
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 12 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 4 January 1919
Discharge date17 April 1919
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2nd Lt Hugh Norman HASTWELL, 3rd Trench Mortar Battery, killed in action, 30 June 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength (supernumerary), 32nd Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 6 April 1916; absorbed on strength, 32nd Bn, Moascar, 30 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Wounded in action, 20 July 1916 (gun shot wound, finger); admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 21 July 1916; discharged to duty, 28 July 1916.

Admitted to 38th Casualty Clearing Station, 2 November 1916 (synovitis, knees), and transferred to 1st Canadian General Hospital, Etaples; to England, 11 November 1916, and admitted to Edmonton Military Hospital, London, 12 November 1916 (dislocated right knee; accident: mild); transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 11 January 1917.

Detached for duty with 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 3 March 1917.

On furlough, 12-27 March 1917.

Admitted to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 17 July 1917 (synovitis, right knee); discharged to duty, 5 August 1917.

Admitted to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 28 December 1917 (synovitis, right knee); discharged to duty, 15 January 1918.

Admitted to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 23 April 1918 (laryngitis, brochial catarrh); discharged to duty, 30 April 1918.

Admitted to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 1 July 1918 (influenza); discharged to duty, 2 July 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Morvada' transport duty), 4 January 1919 (medically unfit: local internal cartilage); discharged, 17 April 1919.

War service: 3 years 252 days (of which 3 years 38 days were abroad)

Re-enlisted, as 86479, Special Services Unit, 30 September 1919; discharged, 21 May 1920.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death21 August 1924
Age at death35
Place of burialNorth Road Church of England Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, HASTWELL Leslie Alfred

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