The AIF Project

Leonard SCRIBBINGS

Regimental number2891
Place of birthGlamorganshire, Wales
SchoolProtestant School, Wales
Age on arrival in Australia18
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationPainter
Address35 Piccadilly Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinBrother, John Scribbings, 352 Piccadilly Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Enlistment date13 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name44th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/61/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 29 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll44th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 March 1918
Place of death or woundingSailly-le-Sec, Somme Sector, France
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 2), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
138
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Jane SCRIBBINGS
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.