First names
Leslie Maurice
Hebrew Date
18 Nisan 5677
Hebrew Date
י״ח בְּנִיסָן תרע״ז
Where Died
3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, In the Field, France
Cemetery
Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Service Details
55th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Served
Boer War, South African Rebellion & German W. African Camp & Western Front
Occupation
Mining Storekeeper
Place of Enlistment
RAS Showgrounds, Sydney, NSW
Locality on Enlistment
58 Duxford Street, Paddington, Sydney, NSW
Date of Enlistment
3/4/1916
Country of Enlistment
Australia
Notes
Born 1877 Reg No 1354 as Leslie Moss Menser. Sydney, NSW. Son of Morris MENSER & Rebecca (Rivkah bat Avraham) née CHAPMAN, 62 Mount Street, Coogee, New South Wales. Letter dated 11 July 1023: "Causes me to bring to mind, that my brother at the outbreak of war was in the Orange River Colony, South Africa and he was one of the loyalists who joined up immediately and fought in the rebellion and it was his command who smashed up De Wet on the setting up of the rebellion, his services were accepted again and he went through the whole of the German West African Campaign as Sergeant and was made Sergeant Major in the field, he refused a commission. After that was cleaned up he came back to Australia and joined the AIF and was killed in his first fight in France at Fleurbaix I believe. Yours faithfully, A A Menser." Brother Arthur Albert Menser (1864-1947)
John Monash (Monasch) born
in Melbourne, Australia on 27 June 1865, the son of
German Polish Jewish migrants, can be researched in any
military history encyclopaedia or in fact by just
‘Googling’ his name on the internet. His history
and list of achievements are long and far too many to detail
in this brief summary. However, might I say that reading his
history is well worth the effort and I can assure you that
his deeds will amaze you. I have found that the deeds are
better labelled on more than one man and in more than one
lifetime.
An
announcement was made in the weeks leading up to the
Centenary of ANZAC by Judy Landau, President VAJEX Aust.
She stated that it gave her great delight to announce
that VAJEX Aust (Victorian Association of Jewish Ex
& Servicemen & Women Australia Inc) has
successfully raised the required funds to build a new
Victorian Jewish Memorial after the style of the
historic Memorial located in the Jewish section of the
Melbourne General Cemetery. After an extensive two year
process, Judy has single-handedly sought letters of
support, raised the funds, and obtained approval from
the City of Port Phillip.
