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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

Near Relatives of Leslie Clive LAKE (1898 - 1916)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	William LAKE	31 Oct 1849	New South Wales, Australia	1929	Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia	80
Grandmother	Susan Ann WESTBURY	1851		1916		65
Father	Thomas Arthur LAKE	26 Dec 1872	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	1949	Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia	77
Mother	Alice Fanny KNOWLES	1876		1955		79
Self	Leslie Clive LAKE	1898	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	05 Nov 1916	France	18
Half Sister	Eugenie E LAKE	1894	Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia	1895	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1
Brother	Cyril Elwyn LAKE	1896	Bowral, New South Wales, Australia	1962	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	66
Sister	Alice E LAKE	1901	Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Brother	Eric A LAKE	1906	Bowral, New South Wales, Australia	1989		83
Sister	Mona D LAKE	1908	Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Uncle	William Robert LAKE	1874	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	1876	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	2
Uncle	Herbert Alfred LAKE	23 May 1878	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	1952	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	74
Aunt	Ethel M MACAULEY
Uncle	Andrew Bernard LAKE	1880	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	1949	Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia	69
Aunt	Mabel L HORWOOD	1884
Aunt	Beatrice Ann LAKE	19 May 1882	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	1944	Orange, New South Wales, Australia	62
Uncle	Leonard U HARRIS
Aunt	Emily May LAKE	1884	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	1955	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia	71
Uncle	Joseph W VIDLER
Uncle	Frederick Wilfred LAKE	1888	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	1953	Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia	65
Uncle	George Oliver LAKE	1891	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	1944	Bowral, New South Wales, Australia	53
Aunt	Minnie Elizabeth DOWNE			1971	Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Uncle	Sydney Marshall (Marty) LAKE	1894	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	1959	Campsie, New South Wales, Australia	65
Aunt	Olive SAVILLE	1899	Glebe, New South Wales, Australia	25 Sep 1969	Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia	70
Cousin	Mervin E LAKE	1905	Rockley, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased

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:

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 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = Glenn Lake (Death)

- Reference = Glenn Lake (Birth)

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