Leslie St Clair Ward

Personal Information
Date of Birth	unknown
Place of Birth	Perth, Western Australia
Death	28 Mar 1965, aged 66
Place of Death	Bedford park, Western Australia
Age at Enlistment	22 years old
Description	5' 5¾" (1.67m) tall; weight 130 lbs (59 kg); fair complexion, grey eyes, fair hair
Occupation	teamster
Religion	Church of England
Next of Kin	Third avenue, Kelmscott, Western Australia
Military Information
Reg Number	3377
Date of Enlistment	4 Apr 1917
Rank	Driver
Unit/Formation	10th Light Horse Regiment, 28th Reinforcement, transferred to 8th Sanitary Section / ANZAC Mounted Division
Date of Embarkation	9 May 1917 - 20 Jun 1917
Ship Embarked On	HMAT A15 Port Sydney
Date of Return	8 Apr 1919 - 8 May 1919
Ship Returned On	HMT Karoa
Fate	Returned to Australia (medical)
Monument	Kelmscott
Medals	British War Medal Victory Medal

War Service

Soon after arrival in camp, Leslie was allocated to the 6th Depot Squadron of the Light Horse.

On arrival in Egypt he spent a month in the isolation camp at Moascar before joining the Mounted Division's Training Depot. Following training he was transferred to the 35th Headquarters Company of the Australian Mounted Division Train on 20 Aug 1917 having been appointed as a Driver a week earlier.

On 15 Feb 1918 he was transferred to the 8th Sanitation Section, and on 18 Sep 1918 he was attached for a month to the 2nd Signal Squadron.

On 25 Oct 1918 he was admitted to hospital in Beirut with malaria, and was evacuated from there to Alexandria by ship 22 - 24 Nov 1918. On arrival in Alexandria he entered the 21st General Hospital before being transferred to the Red Cross Convalescent Depot at Montazah, Egypt. Discharged 23 Dec 1918, he was re-admitted to 14th Australian General Hospital in Abbassia on 22 Jan 1919, and the next day declared to be dangerously ill.

By 6 Feb 1919 he was improved enough to be taken off the dangerously ill list, and marked for early return to Australia from Suez.

Discharged 5th Military District 7 Aug 1919.