Regimental number | 1246 |
Place of birth | Port Sorell, Tasmania |
Other Names | Leslie James |
School | State School, Ulverstone, Tasmania |
Previous military service | Cadets |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 26th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Name given on RoH circular as Leslie James BESWICK. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 21 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | Shrpanel Valley Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 15), Anzac, Gallipoli |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 106 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James and Harriett BESWICK, Burnie, Tasmania. Native of North Down, Tasmania |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 136 Pte Basil BESWICK, 40th Battalion; 606 Pte Morton Ernest BESWICK, 40th Battalion, killed in action, Somme sector, France, 28 March 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |