Regimental number | 875 |
Place of birth | Condoblin, New South Wales |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Horse trainer |
Address | Condoblin, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 5" |
Weight | 127 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs F.M. Leonard, 39 Anson Street, Orange, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 7th Light Horse Regiment, 4th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/12/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 2681 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 37th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Wounded, Gallipoli, 26 July 1915 (bullet wound, right hand: deemed accidental), and admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, Mudros, 28 July 1916; to HS 'Devanah', and disembarked Malta, 5 August 1915, and admitted to Tigne Military Hospital (right forefinger amputated); transferred to England, and admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, Wansdworth, 23 September 1915; discharged from hospital, 27 September 1915; granted 14 days' furlough. Found guilty, 18 October 1915, of being absent without leave, 13-15 October 1915: awarded 14 days confined to barracks and forfeited 2 days' pay. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Runic', 7 November 1915; disembarked, 21 December 1915; discharged, 25 January 1916. Re-enlisted,5 October 1916, as 2681 Pte Francis Christopher LEONARD; embarked Sydney, with 37th Bn, 5th Reinforcement, on board HMAT A24 'Benalla', 9 November 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 9 January 1917; marched into 10th Training Bn, 10 January 1917. Found guilty, 20 January 1917, of being absent without leave, midnight, 18 January-noon, 19 January 1917: admonished and forfeited 1 day's pay. Found guilty, 3 March 1917, of being absent without leave, 10 pm, 25 February-midnight, 2 March 1917: awarded 168 hours' detention and forfeited total of 13 days' pay. Admitted to Fargo Hospital, 31 March 1917 (scabies); discharged to Depot, 14 April 1917. Found guilty, 27 April 1917, of being absent from parade: forfeited 14 days' pay. Proceeded overseas to France, 3 May 1917; taken on strength, 37th Bn, 8 May 1917. Wounded in action, 7 June 1917 (gun shot wound, neck), and admitted to 9th Field Ambulance; transferred same day to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station; by Ambulance Train to 47th General Hospital, Le Treport, 8 June 1917; to England, 5 July 1917, and admitted to 2nd Southern General Hospital, 5 July 1917 (gun shot wound, throat: severe); to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 1 August 1917; discharged on furlough, 4 August 1917, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 18 August 1917. Found guilty, 3 September 1917, of being absent without leave from Tattoo, 31 August 1917, till apprehended by Military Police in Weymouth, 1 September 1917: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2 and forfeited 10 days' pay. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Suevic', 27 September 1917; discharged (medically unfit), 22 December 1917. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Committed suicide (self-administered strychnine, Centennial Park, Sydney), 11 July 1932. |
Miscellaneous details | Real name: Francis Liquori LEONARD |
Date of death | |
Place of burial | Rookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales |