MORSHEAD, LESLIE JAMES

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Morshead was thrice mentioned in dispatches for his service in World War II and awarded (1948) the American Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm. ADB

Book of Remembrance entry

MORSHEAD, LESLIE JAMES. 1911.
Teachers' Coll.; 1st year Education; Master at M.C.E.G.S.
13.9.14; sailed 18.10.14, Capt. 2nd Btn.; Anzac landing; led a charge at Lone Pine; enteric at Lemnos; invalided to England in October and then to Australia; Lieut.-Col. 16.4.16 (youngest in the British Army); sailed again 4.5.16 in command of 33rd Btn.; France 21.11.16; wounded 30.3.18; gassed 18.4.18; back to France 15.6.18; A.A.G., A.I.F. Depots in United Kingdom 14.7.19. Awarded D.S.O. 3.6.17; Croix de Chevalier Legion d'Honneur 29.1.19; C.M.G. 12.12.19. Despatche s 11.12.15, 9.4.17. 7.4.18. Returned 25.12.19 and demob. 15.3.20.

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Early education at Mount Pleasant Secondary School, Ballarat, VIC, Australia
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Tertiary education at Melbourne Teachers College, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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MONASH, JOHN
1914

Military service 13 September 1914
1914

Teacher at 355 St Kilda Road, South Yarra -Melbourne Church of England Grammar School- VIC, Australia 1914
1917

Military award: D.S.O. on 1917
1919

Military award: C.M.G. on 1919
1919

Military award: French Legion d'honneur on 1919
1920

Military service 15 March 1920
1920

Jackeroo at Merriwa -- NSW, Australia 1920
1921

Allotted land from Soldier Settlements Office 1921 at Quilpie [ QLD Australia ]
1936

Branch Manager at Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1936
1946

Manager at New South Wales -- NSW, Australia 1946
1948

General Manager at Australia --, Australia 1948
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
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Teacher at Jung -- VIC, Australia
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Teacher at Armidale -The Armidale School- NSW, Australia
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Clerk
1959

Death in Darlinghurst -St Vincent's Hospital- NSW, Australia 25 September 1959

Gender

Male