Topic: Militia - Area Officers
The Australian Militia
Area Officers
Roll of Honour
Leslie Duncan HEMING
Leslie Duncan HEMING
Place of birth | Burra, South Australia |
School | Public Schools and Mordens College |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | State civil servant |
Address | 15 McKinnon Parade, North Adelaide, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Grace Heming, 15 McKinnon Parade, North Adelaide, South Australia |
Previous military service | Five years 10th and 78th Battalions, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | 23 September 1914 |
Rank on enlistment | Lieutenant |
Unit name | 16th Battalion, F Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/33/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Captain |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 16th Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) | Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette, Supplement, No. 29455 (28 January 1916); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 44 (6 April 1916). |
Fate | Killed in Action 8 August 1915 |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Date of death | 8 August 1915 |
Age at death | 25 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 50), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
Roll of Honour | Panel number 79, Australian War Memorial |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Grace HEMING, 15 McKinnion Parade, North Adelaide. Commemorated in North Road Church of England Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia.~ |
Other details | War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Further Reading:
The Australian Militia, Area Officers
Australian Light Horse Militia
Citation: The Australian Militia, Area Officers, Roll of Honour, Leslie Duncan HEMING