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03-December-2020
03-December-2020
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The plaque commemorates Captain Walter A. Leslie who was killed in action in May 1915 at Gallipoli during World War One.

CAPTAIN LESLIE.
Captain Walter Aland Leslie, 7th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade Queensland, killed in action, was the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Leslie, of Toowong, Brisbane. Previous to the outbreak of the war he held a commission in the military forces, and along with his brother Arthur (who is at the Dardanelles), was among the first to offer his services. Captain Leslie was an old Brisbane Grammar School boy, and was a brother of Norman Leslie the second Queensland Rhodes Scholar.
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW), 28 June 1915.

 

Location

Address:24 Gregory Terrace, Brisbane Grammar School, Spring Hill, 4000
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -27.459866
Long: 153.018498
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Military
Actual Event Start Date:06-May-1915
Actual Event End Date:06-May-1915

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:1917
Front Inscription

Erected
1917

In loving memory of Capt. Walter A. Leslie

7th Baty. 3rd F. A. Brigade A. I. F.

 Killed in action

May 6th 1917

Erected by his family and friends

 

Source: MA
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