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Leslie Lundie

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Given name
L
Family name
Lundie
Service number
1152 1182
Additional information
Gender
M
Rank (legacy)
Private
Unit at embarkation
1 Battalion
Service (legacy)
Army
Campaign (legacy)
Gallipoli
Fate
KIA 09.05.15
Veteran Notes/Bio

1. Listed Bungendore War Memorial Hall WW 1 ROH (1917) and Bygone Queanbeyan as," KIA Dardanelles 1915(B)".

2. “MAPPING ANZACS”: Service Number: 1152/1182; POB: Queanbeyan, NSW; POE: Rosehill, NSW; NOK: Father: Charles Lundie.        

3. AWM Embarkation Roll: Rank: Private (#1155) ;Unit:1 Infantry Battalion - 1 to 8 Reinforcements (December 1914 - August 1915)  ; Age: 26 ; Occupation: Labourer ;DOE:3.10.1914  ; Embarked:22.12.1914. Melbourne. HMAT Themistocles. A32.

4. AWM Nominal Roll: Rank: Private (#1182); Unit: 1 Battalion; DOE: 3.10.1914; KIA 9.5.1915. Commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli.

5. See: OUR SOLDIERS BUNGENDORE & THE GREAT WAR. Glenda Ellis .2007.ISBN:978-1-74027-487-6. ”In October 1918, on the eve of the ending of the war, a ceremony was held in St Philip’s Church of England in Bungendore. During the service a carved oak altar in memory of Leslie Lundie was dedicated.”  

6. Queanbeyan Age (Bungendore News) 25.6.1915 reported that Private Leslie Lundie had been KIA at the Dardanelles.  

7. Commemorated in Bungendore Cemetery, on parent's grave headstone: Charles (d. 16 May 1938, aged 86 and Betsy (d. 13 December 1932, aged 70.

8. Commemorated on the ROH in St Thomas' Anglian Church Carwoola, NSW and on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Panel 30.

9. A Street name exists in Palerang LGA at Burra 2620 however this does not preclude a "Lundie" Street being proposed as convenient for Bungendore 2621.

10. Application to use Rising Sun Badge: On the 3rd of November 2015 the Bungendore War Memorial Committee applied to Army Branding to use the Rising Sun badge on a proposed street sign for "Lundie" in the town of Bungendore as part of the Centenary of ANZAC Commemorations. This request was approved on 21 December 2015.

11. Last updated December 2015.

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