HORDACRE, Leslie Garfield

HORDACRE, Leslie Garfield

Full Name: Leslie Garfield

HORDACRE

Date of Birth: 12

–

1890

Place of birth: Watervale SA

Australia

Occupation: Wood Contractor

Address: Golden Ridge Kalgoorlie WA

Next of Kin: Father- Oswald Edmund HORDACRE & Mother- Alice Mary HORDACRE

Next of Kin Address: Penwortham SA

Religion: Methodist

Service Number: 3297

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 9th Light Horse Regiment

Enlistment Date: 1917-01-01

Enlistment Location: Adelaide

SA

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Embarkation Date: 1917-05-09

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Disembarkation Date: 1917-06-20

Locations Served:

Returned: Yes

Discharge Date: 1918-10-11

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01/01/1917- Completed Application for Enlistment & Preliminary Medical Examination Adelaide SA
01/01/1917- 15/01/1917- Applied for and Granted Leave of Absence
15/01/1917- To “B” Company 9th Light Horse Regiment Mitcham Camp SA
25/01/1917- To Dental Company Frome Road SA
23/02/1917- To 27th Reinforcements 9th LHR Mitcham Camp SA as Trooper
09/05/1917- Embarked Adelaide SA aboard “Port Sydney ” bound for Egypt
20/06/1917- Disembarked Alexandria to Isolation Camp Moascar Egypt
05/07/1917- Admitted Imperial Camel Corps Field Ambulance ( Pharyngitis)
08/07/1917- Discharged to Duty at Isolation Camp Moascar
26/07/1917- Taken on Strength 9th LHR in the field Egypt
13/08/1917- To 3rd Light Horse Training Regiment Egypt
14/02/1918- To Rest Camp Port Said
25/02/1918- Returned to Duty ex Rest Camp
03/05/1918- Wounded in Action Egypt (Severe Gunshot Wound to Left Shoulder)
03/05/1918- Collected by 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance and transferred/Admitted Anzac Receiving Station
04/05/1918- Transferred  2/4 London Field Ambulance  ( Dangerously Ill )
10/05/1918- Admitted 65th Casualty Clearing Station Egypt
16/05/1918- Transferred/Admitted 26th Casualty Clearing Station Egypt
17/05/1918- Admitted 24th Stationary Hospital Egypt
18/05/1918- Admitted 14th Australian General Hospital Abbassia Egypt
20/05/1918- Army advice despatched to Family that Soldier remained Dangerously Ill
10/06/1918- Recovering as Convalescent in Hospital Egypt
13/07/1918- Embarked Alexandria aboard “Port Darwin” for Return to Australia
17/08/1918-  Disembarked Fremantle WA
11/10/1918- Discharged from Service ( Medically Unfit).

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

British War Medal No. 20059

Victory Medal No. 19658.