| Place of birth | Childers, Queensland |
| School | Childers State School and Maryborough Grammar School, Queensland |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Articled law clerk |
| Address | Maryborough, Queensland |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 22 |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs H W Lee, St Helens, Maryborough, Queensland |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Captain |
| Unit name | 9th Battalion, Headquarters |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/26/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A5 Omrah on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Major |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 25th Battalion |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Vraucourt, France |
| Age at death | 24.10 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
| Place of burial | Achiet-La-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row W, Grave No. 9), France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 105 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Lt Col Harry William LEE VD, and Susan LEE, 'Farrington', Alderley, Brisbane. Native of Childers, Queensland |
| Family/military connections | Father: Lieutenant Colonel Harry William LEE VD, 9th Bn, returned to Australia, 3 March 1916. |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked from Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 2 March 1915. Arrived back at Alexandria, 19 May 1915. Admitted to 15th General Hospital, Alexandria, 10 October 1915 (jaundice); transferred to 1st Australian General Hospital, Cairo,14 October 1915; to Helouan Convalescent Camp, 25 October 1915. Rejoined 9th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 4 January 1916. Transferred to 49th Bn, 25 February 1916; to 4th Pioneer Bn, 16 March 1916. Promoted Major, 27 May 1916. Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 4 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 11 June 1916. To Officers' School, Aldershot, England, 12 October 1916. Completed course of instruction and granted leave from 24 December 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 6 January 1917; rejoined unit, 10 January 1917. Transferred to 25th Bn, 25 January 1917, to be Major, supernumerary to establishment. Killed in action, 20 March 1917. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
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