LAIDLAW  L.J.

Given Names:  Leonard James

               

Service Number:  326

Unit:  6th Battalion, C Company                                                                                       

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  21 Yrs  2 Mths

Occupation:  Labourer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5¾ In                  

Weight:  161 Lbs

Chest:  32 In

Hair:  Dark

Eyes:  Hazel

Complexion:  Medium

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  22/8/1914

Place:  Richmond

Next of Kin:  FATHER  William Laidlaw

Edinburgh', 26 Union Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                        

Embarkation Date:  19/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Hororata A20

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Essex    

Embarked:  7/6/1918                                 

Disembarked: 

Unit:  6th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  19/8/1918                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  9974

British War Medal:  1742

Victory Medal:  1741

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1893

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  William LAIDLAW                       

Mother:  Julia Annie KENNEDY

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1922     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Winifred Gladys FLETCHER

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 23/2/1931                          

Place: East Melbourne, Victoria                

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 1/5/1915; gun shot wound, head

Wounded in action 20/9/1917; gun shot wound, left hand

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary