Libbis, Leslie Fookes (9025)
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 19 years 11 months
Enlistment Details: Saturday, 24 July 1915 – Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 9025 view online service record
Address:
24 Nelson Street
Coburg, VIC
Next of Kin:
Sarah Ann Libbis (Mother)
24 Nelson Street
Coburg, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Friday, 28 January 1916
Ship: HMAT Themistocles A32
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 6th Field Ambulance – 9th Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Sunday, 22 July 1917
Discharged: Monday, 24 December 1917
Leslie and his brother Bill attended Coburg State School and are included in the school’s soldiers’ book now held in the collection of the Coburg Historical Society.
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Brian Membrey
WW2 Service : Born 19 August, 1895, Port Melbourne, enlisted 16 April, 1940, served V83566, Private, Australian Army Medical Corps Details, locality on enlistment Parkdale, Attested Caulfield, NOK Edith Grace LIBBIS. Discharged unknown Parents at 225 Ross-street, Port Melbourne at the time of the brothers birth