TREASURE, Leo Charles Edward

TREASURE, Leo Charles Edward

Full Name: Leo Charles Edward

TREASURE

Date of Birth: 02

1889

Place of birth: Broomehill WA

Australia

Occupation: Farmer

Address: "Glenburn" Kojonup WA

Next of Kin: Father- James TREASURE

Next of Kin Address: "Glenburn", Kojonup WA

Religion: Roman Catholic

Service Number: 39

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 16th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1914-09-07

Enlistment Location: Helena Vale

WA

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Embarkation Date: 1914-12-27

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Disembarkation Date: 1915-02-03

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Returned: Yes

Discharge Date: 1917-02-28

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Previous Service- 8 months with 18th Australian Light Horse
07/12/1914- Allocated to 16th Battalion”E” Company Blackboy Hill Camp  WA
28/11/1914- Embarked Fremantle bound for Port Melbourne VIC for training at Broadmeadows Training Ground
31/12/1914- Embarked Albany WA aboard “Ceramic” bound for Egypt
04/02/1915- Disembarked Alexandria to Mena Training Camp Heliopolis
12/04/1915- Embarked Alexandria aboard “Haida Pascha” with Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces bound for Gallipoli Peninsula
25/04/1915- Landed ashore Galliopopi at 5.30p.m,
02/05/1015- Wounded in Action Gallipoli (severe gunshot wound and shrapnel injuries to left shoulder)
12/05/1915- Admitted Southern Cross General Hospital Birmingham England (Dudley Road Section) following evacuation by Hospital Ship “Goorkha” from Mudros Lemnos
06/09/1915- Admitted No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital Harefield England
14/09/1915- Discharged from Hospital
08/10/1915- Embarked Plymouth England aboard “Suevic” for Return to Australia
19/11/1915- Disembarked Fremantle WA and admitted to No. 8 Australian General Hospital Fremantle WA
28/02/1917- Discharged from Service (Medically Unfit).

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

1914/1915 Star- No. 2809
British War Medal – No. 1547
Victory Medal – No. 1545

BROTHERS’ FIRST WORLD WAR SERVICE DETAILS

TREASURE,  Lance Corporal Levi James Elworthy- 204- 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted- 01/10/1914, Discharged- 27/12/1917, Served Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine,

TREASURE, Trooper Sydney Roy- 4174- Imperial Camel Corps, Enlisted-26/02/1917, Discharged- 12/11/1919, Served Egypt and Palestine,

TREASURE, Private Henry Esperance Richard- 871- 12th Battalion, Enlisted – 14/09/1914, Discharged- 02/06/1919, Served Gallipoli, Egypt, England and France.

 

Please refer to the section “Short Stories” to read a Biography of Leo Charles Edward TREASURE, written by his Grand Daughter Vicki SAVAGE in 2025.