AUSTRALIA
WWI
LESLIE M. SMITH
Pte. Leslie Melrose Smith was born in 1890.
He enlisted on July 5, 1915 in the Australian Imperial Force. Him and two of his brothers would serve.
On May 22, 1916, he joined the 1st Australian Stationary Hospital in Ismailia, Egypt.
He embarked for the UK on September 14, 1916 and arrived in England on the 29th.
He arrived in Rouelles, France on June 9, 1917 and joined the 14th Field Ambulance on the 15th. On September 23rd, he was wounded in action while stretcher-bearing in the Battle of Menin Road during the Third Battle of Ypres. He subsequently died of wounds the same day.
A year after he was KIA, his "identity disc" was returned to his family as seen in the document below, which is more than likely the one you see pictures.
He enlisted on July 5, 1915 in the Australian Imperial Force. Him and two of his brothers would serve.
On May 22, 1916, he joined the 1st Australian Stationary Hospital in Ismailia, Egypt.
He embarked for the UK on September 14, 1916 and arrived in England on the 29th.
He arrived in Rouelles, France on June 9, 1917 and joined the 14th Field Ambulance on the 15th. On September 23rd, he was wounded in action while stretcher-bearing in the Battle of Menin Road during the Third Battle of Ypres. He subsequently died of wounds the same day.
A year after he was KIA, his "identity disc" was returned to his family as seen in the document below, which is more than likely the one you see pictures.
14th Field Ambulance
Battle of Menin Road. "Australian wounded on the Menin Road, near Birr Cross Road on September 20th, 1917". (Caption source: National Library of Australia, n.d. (1 June 2014).
