Perth
WA

Leslie Cecil Price

Enlistment Date
09/09/1914
Age At Enlistment
21
Rank On Enlistment
Private
Regimental No.
219
Battalion
11th Battalion, B Company
Fate
KIA
Fate Date
02/05/1915
Fate Place
Gallipoli, Turkey
Occupation
Warehouseman
Place of Birth
Fremantle, Western Australia
Religion
Church Of England
Marital Status
Single
Embarkation Details
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 31 October 191

The Perth Daily News reported on 4 July 1915, “PRIVATE L. C. PRICE, killed in action at the Dardanelles; 11th Battalion, A Company. Son of Mr. Matt Price, 1205 Hay-street West, Perth. Age 22 years, height 6ft 1in. Spent years in military training as an enthusiast, and was amongst the first to enlist in the First Australian Division. Employed by. E. S. and D. Kelly, of William street, wholesale jewellers. In sport Private Price was a soccer footballer, and the Perth British Association Club has forwarded to his father a letter of condolence, expressing its deep regret that so promising a career had been cut short.”