Leslie ESCOTT
Personal
Born: 1896
Birth registration: Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages Registration No. 16471
Birthplace: Melbourne
Parents: Richard Andrew Escott
Maggie McLeod
Died: 1966
Burial place: Dookie East Cemetery, Victoria
Awards and Honours
- British War Medal 1914-20
- Victory Medal
Battalions
27th Reinforcements
Events
Enlistment
Regimental Service Number: 35092
Enlistment date: 27 February, 1917 Melbourne
Age at enlistment: 20 years 7 months
Address at enlistment: Wongaburra, Sydenham, Victoria
Religion: Church of England
Marital Status: Single
Next of kin: Father: R. A Escott
Physical Description: Height: 5 feet 9 inches
Weight: 155 pounds
Complexion: Medium
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Distinctive marks:
Embarkation ship: HMAT A15 Port Sydney.
Rank: Gunner
Return Date: 31 March, 1919
Return Vessel: Wandilla.
Arrival at Australia: 18 May, 1919.
Discharge Date: 21 June, 1919
War Service Summary
14/05/1917 Field Artillery, 27th Battalion, Gunner
09/11/1917 Embarked from Melbourne
12/12/1917 Disembarked Suez
18/12/1917 Embarked Alexandria
04/01/1918 Disembarked Southampton
20/04/1918 In the field; 10th Battery, Field Artillery Brigade
13/10/1918 Wounded in action at Sutton Veny; multiple wounds; admitted to hospital Rouen
09/11/1918 - Transferred to Southern General Hospital, England; gun shot wound left forearm
03/01/1919 Still in hospital; gun shot wound left thigh
31/03/1919 - Embarked for Australia
18/05/1919 Disembarked Melbourne
War Service Commemerated
Life After the War
Married Enid V Permezel (1895-1983)
Children:
Margaret
Elizabeth
Place/s of residence:
Coolart, Dookie
Occupations:
Farmer
Date of death:
1966
Place of burial:
Dookie East Cemetery
Other Information:
Father relocates to Wanganui Park, Shepparton during the war.
Additional Information
10th
May 1917 SYDENHAM
SOLDIER FAREWELLED. At the Sydenham Mechanics' Institute, on Friday evening, a
send-off was tendered to Gunner Leslie Escott, a Sydenham farmer, who has
enlisted. Mr. Edmund Butler was in the chair. On behalf of the residents, Cr.
W. J. White, president of Keilor Shire, presented the guest with a silver
wristlet watch. The president remarked
that on previous occasions they had given a send-off to two soldiers at a time,
but now they were giving it to one. He also made some eulogistic remarks as to
Gunner Escott. Mr. Hercus followed in a similar strain, and made some
complementary remarks as to the popularity of the guest and his family. Gunner
Escott made a brief reply, and thanked the residents for their useful present.
Songs were contributed during the evening by local people, and dancing was kept
up till 3 a.m. During an interval, the president made a recruiting speech, and
asked for other volunteers to come and stand along side Gunner Escott. The
result was that another resident, H. Keaton, came forward and enlisted The Argus
31 October
1918, AUSTRALIANS
ON SERVICE. WOUNDED.
ESCOTT.—Mr
and Mrs. R. A. Escott, Wongaburra, Sydenham, have received news that their son,
Gunner Leslie Escott, has been wounded in the leg.
Sources
Service Record
Nominal Roll
Newspaper accounts