Lester LLOYD

Birthplace
Ipswich
Resided
Toowoomba
Occupation
Mechanic
Enlisted
23-August-1915
Place
Toowoomba
Age
21
Status
Single
Service No
3853
Rank
Private
Unit
25th Battalion, 9th Reinforcements
Embarked
31-January-1916
Place
Brisbane
Active Service
Egypt, Western Front
Highest rank
N/A
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
How Died
Killed in action
Date
05-April-1918
Place
Dernancourt, France
Cemetery or Memorial
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Notes

Also named on Toowoomba Mothers’ Memorial.

 

Lester Lloyd arrived in France in June 1916 and transferred to the 49th Battalion. In September he was wounded in action and admitted to hospital in Rouen, re-joining his unit in December. He was killed in action on 4 April 1917 at Dernancourt.