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Sapper Norman Fitzmaurice Leslie

Commemorated at
Memorial Name
S.C.E.G.S Memorial Cricket Ground First World War Roll of Honour
Given name
N F
Family name
Leslie
Gender
Male
Service number
23083
Conflicts
First World War, 1914–18
Fate
Returned to Australia (RTA)
Additional information
Place of birth
Drynan Street, Summer Hill NSW 2130
Religion
Anglican or Church of England
Occupation
Clerk
Address given on enlistment documents
'Kelverton'
Ranger’s Road
Neutral Bay NSW 2089
Marital status
Single
Age at embarkation (years)
20
Age at embarkation (months)
11
Next of kin
Father: Adam Lind Leslie
Enlistment date
Wed, 28 November 1917
Embarkation details
Unit at embarkation: 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron Special Reinforcements; Date of departure: 16 October 1918; Port or location of departure: Sydney, NSW; Mode of transport: His Majesty's Australian Transports [HMAT] Ship, the SS Malta. The ship left Sydney, NSW on 17 October 1918 for Fremantle, Western Australian. It then left Fremantle on 25 October 1918 bound for Bombay, India. The ship weighed 6,064 tons with an average cruise speed of 18 knots or 33.33 kmph. It was owned by the P&O SN Co, London. 
Last held rank
Sapper
Unit from Nominal Roll
1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron
Unit at embarkation
D Troop 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron
Service
Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF)
Decorations
General Service Medal 1918-62
Veteran Notes/Bio
  • Place of enlistment: Sydney, NSW
  • Other campaign: Mesopotamian
  • Decorations: 
    • General Service Medal 1918-62 with a clasp for Kurdistan
    • British War Medal 1914-20
    • Victory Medal
  • Further reading:
    • Young, Catherine Elizabeth. “Forgotten war where the past is a foreign country? War, tourism and otherness as experienced and represented by Norman Fitzmaurice Leslie and “D” Troop, 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron 1918-19 in India, Mesopotamia and Kurdistan.“ BA 3rd Year History Honours HIST3005 sub-thesis, Australian National University, Canberra, November 1997.
    • Leslie went on to become a Chartered Accountant. Articles related to the firm where he worked, and later became a partner, are available on Trove under the list 'Commerce - Harrison Knox and Leslie'.
    • Articles related to Leslie and the extended clan in Australia more broadly are available on Trove under the list 'Family - Leslie'.
Australian War Memorial - First World War Embarkation Roll, Norman Fitzmaurice …
Australian War Memorial - First World War Nominal Roll, Norman Fitzmaurice Lesl…
National Archives of Australia - Norman Fitzmaurice Leslie
Australian War Memorial - AWM4 Subclass 22/16 - 1st Australian Wireless Signal …
Trove - Family - Leslie
Trove - Commerce - Harrison Knox and Leslie

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