Place of Birth: South Melbourne, VIC
Age: 30 years 1 months
Enlistment Details: Thursday, 2 March 1916 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 5928 view online service record
Address:
342 Princes Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Eli Peter Le Clerq (father)
342 Princes Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Monday, 2 October 1916
Ship: HMAT Nestor A71
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion - 16th Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Saturday,…
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 25 years 5 months
Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 18 August 1914 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 215 view online service record
Address:
142 Vere Street
Abbotsford, VIC
Next of Kin:
Mrs Roberts (mother)
Erin Street
Richmond, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Monday, 19 October 1914
Ship: HMAT Hororata A20
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion
Fate:
KIA: Sunday, 25 April 1915
Place: Gallipoli Peninsula
Place of Birth: Melbourne, VIC
Age: 18 years 8 months
Enlistment Details: Friday, 15 June 1917 - Port Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 7518 view online service record
Address:
429 City Road
South Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
John Horace Lees (father)
429 City Road
South Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Saturday, 4 August 1917
Ship: HMAT Themistocles A32
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion - 25th Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Friday, 22…
Place of Birth: Belfast, Ireland
Age: 21 years 3 months
Enlistment Details: Thursday, 25 October 1917 - St Kilda, VIC
Service Number: 3329 view online service record
Address:
211 Princes Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
John Leigh (father)
12 Eaton Road
Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England
Embarkation Details:
Date: Saturday, 2 February 1918
Ship: HMAT Wiltshire A18
Port: Sydney, NSW
Unit: 39th Infantry Battalion - 8th Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Tuesday, 24…
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 26 years 10 months
Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 29 August 1916 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 18164 view online service record
Address:
388 Graham Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
James T Lennard (father)
388 Graham Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Wednesday, 8 August 1917
Ship: HMAT Anchises A68
Port: Sydney, NSW
Unit: Army Medical Corps - May 1917 Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Monday,…
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 27 years 8 months
Enlistment Details: Wednesday, 19 April 1916 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 1808 view online service record
Address:
34 Foote Street
Albert Park, VIC
Next of Kin:
William Lennard (father)
34 Foote Street
Albert Park, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Tuesday, 4 April 1916
Ship: HMAT Euripides A14
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 46th Infantry Battalion - 2nd Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Friday, 4 May…
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 26 years
Enlistment Details: Sunday, 1 September 1918 - Queenscliff, VIC
Service Number: 1587 view online service record
Address: 34 Foote Street Albert Park, VIC
Next of Kin: William Lennard (father) 34 Foote Street Albert Park, VIC
Embarkation Details: Date: Monday, 14 October 1918 Ship: SS…
See George Bervin Chunder (2591)
J Lester is included in a list in the Standard newspaper of members of the Port Melbourne branch of the Australian Natives Association (ANA) who had enlisted during the first year of the war.
1915 'NATIVES FOR THE FRONT.', Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1920), 7 August, p. 1. , viewed 30 Jul 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91165271
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 19 years 10 months
Enlistment Details: Monday, 12 July 1915 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 3164 view online service record
Address:
217 Station Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Mrs P Lester (mother)
217 Station Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Thursday, 18 November 1915
Ship: HMAT Wiltshire A18
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 21st Infantry Battalion - 7th Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Friday, 27…