Topic: AIF - 1B - 3 LHR
3rd LHR, AIF
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Leonard Ridgeway Easther
Leonard Ridgeway Easther's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
Leonard Ridgeway Easther
Service number: 134
Rank: Serjeant
Unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 4 June 1916
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: EASTHER, Serjt. Leonard Ridgeway, 134. 3rd Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 4th Aug., 1916. Age 27. Son of George and Catherine Easther, of Quorn, South Australia. B. 51.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Leonard Ridgeway Easther from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 134 |
| Place of birth | Burra Burra, South Australia |
| School | Tuoin Public School, South Australia |
| Religion | Methodist |
| Occupation | Clerk |
| Address | Quorn, South Australia |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 25 |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs. G. Easther, Quorn, South Australia |
| Enlistment date | 31 August 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 3rd Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/8/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 20 October 1914 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action 14 August 1916 |
| Place of death or wounding | Romani, Sinai, Egypt |
| Age at death | 27.5 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
| Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 51), Egypt |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 3 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George and Catherine EASTHER, Quorn, South Australia |
| Family/military connections | Brother: Alfred Bryant Easther, No. 1914, killed in FranceBrother: C.J. Easther, No. 833, Remount Unit returned.Brother: E.H. Easther, No. 62310, 5th General Reinforcements |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 3rd LHR, Roll of Honour, Leonard Ridgeway Easther
