Regimental number | 2406 |
Place of birth | Port Albert, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Fisherman |
Address | Bowen Street, Oakleigh, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 9.5" |
Weight | 152 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, W Neil, Bowen Street, Oakleigh, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Foster, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 7th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 15), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 168 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Elizabeth NEIL. Native of Port Albert, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Admitted to 5th Field Ambulance, Gallipoli, 19 October 1915 (diarrhoea); transferred to No 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 20 October 1915; to Hospital Ship 'Nevasa', 20 October 1915; transferred to Malta, and admitted to Military Hospital, Valetta, 27 October 1915; to All Saints' Hospital, 20 November 1915; to Egypt (fit), 2 December 1915; disembarked Alexandria, 7 December 1915l to Overseas Base, Cairo, 7 December 1915. Rejoined 7th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 9 January 1916. Transferred to, and taken on strength of, 59th Bn, 24 February 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Appointed Lance Corporal, 6 July 1916. Posted missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Handwritten note on file: 'Presumed Buried in No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, NEIL Leonard John James |