The AIF Project

Claude Albert LEESON

Regimental number3103
Place of birthBass, Victoria
SchoolYannathan State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm Labourer
AddressYannathan, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs. Mary Leeson, Yannathan, Victoria
Enlistment date27 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name60th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/77/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll60th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 18 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPoperinghe, Belgium
Age at death19.4
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXII, row B, Grave No. 5), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
170
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Mary LEESON, Yannathan, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Print format    


© The AIF Project 2024, UNSW Canberra. Not to be reproduced without permission.