Focken, Leslie Charles OW(1910)

Description

TitleLieutenant Leslie Charles FockenAlso Known AsLC FawknerBiography

Three brothers moved with their widowed mother from Hong Kong to Melbourne. The boys all won govt scholarships to Wesley.

Leslie Charles changed his surname to Fawkner when he joined the RFC as it sounded 'too German'. His younger brother George Frederick Focken also served in AIF.

A third brother, the youngest Charles Melbourne Focken went on to become a Rhodes scholar - see separate entry for him.

Birth / Death- Died 26/10/1916First Year at Wesley1910OWCA1st January 1910

Identifiers

First NameLeslieMiddle NameCharlesLast NameFockenGenderMaleCategoryMilitary Service | PeopleSubject (Keyword)World War (1914-1918) World War I World War (1914-1918)

Family

ParentMrs FockenSiblingGeorge FredrickCharles Melbourne Focken

Connections

CollectionMilitary ServiceRoll of HonourEventWorld War I

Military Service

Date Enlisted17th August 1914Enlisted Unit1st Division HQ (and then 3rd Infantry Brigade HO)Service Number121Service DetailServed at Gallipoli for 3 weeks from Landing with 1st Division Headquarters (Military Police); returned to Egypt being ill and then 3rd Infantry Brigade HO (Clerk) until late September 1915 when sent ill to England via Malta. Discharged AIF 11/2/16 for commission with RFC and then assigned to France in May. Killed in air battle; had been recommended for a MCAge at Death23Final UnitRoyal Flying Corps, 15th SquardonCemetery / MemorialEuston Road Cemetery ColincampsCemetery / Memorial DetailPlot 1 Row E Grave 60RankLieutenant

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Focken, Leslie Charles OW(1910)