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| Leslie Clive LAKE (1898 - 1916) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| Leslie Clive LAKE (1898 - 1916) | Thomas Arthur LAKE (1872 - 1949) | William LAKE (1849 - 1929) | William LAKE (1815 - 1875) | |
| Ann WHATMAN (1821 - 1901) | ||||
| Susan Ann WESTBURY (1851 - 1916) | ||||
| Alice Fanny KNOWLES (1876 - 1955) | ||||
| b. 1898 at Berrima, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 05 Nov 1916 at France aged 18 |
| Parents: |
| Thomas Arthur LAKE (1872 - 1949) |
| Alice Fanny KNOWLES (1876 - 1955) |
| Siblings (5): |
| Eugenie E LAKE (1894 - 1895) |
| Cyril Elwyn LAKE (1896 - 1962) |
| Alice E LAKE (1901 - ) |
| Eric A LAKE (1906 - 1989) |
| Mona D LAKE (1908 - ) |
| Events in Leslie Clive LAKE (1898 - 1916)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 1898 | Leslie Clive LAKE was born | Berrima, New South Wales, Australia | 19417/1898 | 12 | |
| 05 Nov 1916 | 18 | Leslie Clive LAKE died | France | 12 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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Leslie Clive Lake
Service number: 5733 Rank: Private [Pte] Unit: 1st Battalion (Infantry) Service: Army Conflict: 1914-1918 Date of death: 5 November 1916 Cause of death: Killed in action Cemetery or memorial details: FRANCE 512 Grevillers British Cemetery War Grave Register notes: LAKE, Pte. Leslie Clive, 5733. 1st Bn. Australian Inf. Killed in action 5th Nov., 1916. Age 19. Son of Thomas Arthur and Alice Fanny Lake, of Broadwater, New South Wales. Born at Numba, New South Wales. Sp. Mem. C. 4. Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army Body not recovered. Red Cross Report "The above mentioned Officers and men [includes Leslie Cecil Lake] were all missing after the fight at Flere on the 5th November last. In January, we returned to the same part of the line and could see a number af bodies lying in No Man's Land. A party was sent out to identify the bodies and I detailed the men to go out. The seven names mentioned above were amongst those identified. Lieut. Lancer's body was, I believe, brought back and buried in the Cemetery but most of the others are buried where they lay." See also this web-site for info on the soldiers: http://www.november5th1916.350.com/ In the early morning of November 5th, 1916 in the pouring rain and thick mud, the 1st Battalion along with other battalions attacked the Germans on the front line near Gueudecourt. The 1st Battalion attacked near the intersection of Bayonet and Hilt Trench. They immediately came under machine-gun fire from Hilt Trench. After the first failed attempt another two were made. Each running into the same problems - the mud and the machine-gun fire. After these three failed attempts many men were lost and the attack was finally called off. Unfortunately, due to the multiple attacks, the mud and the ground most of these men layed on being No Man's Land the bodies had to be left where they lay - some fortunate men were recovered on November 5th. Most of the men of the 1st Battalion who were killed November 5th weren't recovered on that day. Those whose bodies weren't retrieved on November 5th, 1916, were recovered March 3rd, 1917 when the 1st Battalion were in reserve at Bancourt Le Abbey. Burial parties were sent out from the C and D Company of the 1st Battalion. They went searching for the missing men reported after the Gueudecourt attack on November 5th. Seventy-four 1st Battalion soldiers were reported missing after the attack, of these seventy-three were confirmed as being killed in the attack near Gueudecourt. There are multiple reports of the burials. Most reports state that the men were buried where they lay in shell holes. These reports also state that there was "...a collection of 50 graves, with one cross erected in the middle bearing all the names." Near by a battlefield cemetery was created called 'Bayonet Trench Cemetery' (all of those buried in this cemetery after the war were moved to Grevillers British Cemetery). Thirty-six of the seventy-three 1st Battalion men killed November 5th, 1916 to this day have an unknown grave. They are remembered on the walls at Villers-Bretonneux, France and Canberra, Australia. |
| Source References: |
| 12. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Genes reunited, Title: Genes |
| - Reference = Glenn Lake (Death) |
| - Reference = Glenn Lake (Birth) |
| - Reference = Glenn Lake (Name, Notes) |