Sherryl Abrahart remembers her father telling the story of his brother Leslie’s service in the Fourth Reinforcements. He vividly remembers the day he was sent home from school to look after his mother because a telegram had arrived saying Leslie had been killed in action, at the age of just 19.
When the Commonwealth War Graves Commission released their records online, Sherryl and her cousins were excited but were unable to find Leslie’s grave as expected.
For the next few years, Sherryl slowly pieced the story together, researching Fourth Reinforcements military files and discovering how young her uncle was, and the experiences he had survived, including Gallipoli and the sinking of the Marquette.
Sherryl Abrahart remembers her father telling the story of his brother Leslie’s service in the Fourth Reinforcements. He vividly remembers the day he was sent home from school to look after his mother because a telegram had arrived saying Leslie had been killed in action, at the age of just 19.
When the Commonwealth War Graves Commission released their records online, Sherryl and her cousins were excited but were unable to find Leslie’s grave as expected.
For the next few years, Sherryl slowly pieced the story together, researching Fourth Reinforcements military files and discovering how young her uncle was, and the experiences he had survived, including Gallipoli and the sinking of the Marquette.
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