NUMBER:
Gunner 1182

BATTALION / UNIT / SHIP:
6th Battery Field Artillery

PLACE OF BIRTH:
West Bromwich

NEXT OF KIN:
Mr. J. G. Chillingsworth at a dairy in Five Dock, Sydney

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
Mt Eccles 17/8/1914

PHYSICAL DETAILS ON ENLISTMENT:
Age 24, 5'5", 11 stone, blue eyes and light brown hair

RELIGION:
Church of England

OCCUPATION:
Farmer

PLACE & DATE OF DEATH:
He was killed in action at Cape Helles, Gallipoli on 11/7/1915

LOCATION OF GRAVE/MEMORIAL:
He was buried at Gully Beach, Cape Helles, but has no known grave. He is remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli

RELATIONSHIP TO WOORAYL SHIRE:
He lived and worked in the Mt Eccles area

MILITARY/OTHER HISTORY:
◈ 17/8/1914 He enlisted in Mt Eccles
◈ He had been in a territorial artillery brigade in England
◈ 20/10/1914 He embarked Melbourne on the HMAT Shropshire
◈ 11/7/1915 He was killed in action at Cape Helles
◈ 12/7/1915 He was buried in Gully Beach, Cape Helles, but the markers were later removed
◈ Leonard is remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial as he has no known grave
◈ Leonard Chillingsworth had two brothers in the AIF and all three went to Gallipoli in the first contingent. Dennis was killed in action in France, and Howard went through the whole campaign and was decorated for gallantry in the field. Dennis is listed as being from Leongatha
◈ Three other brothers served in the English forces. One, Ernest, was killed in action on 17/8/1917 while serving with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and is buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery
◈ Therefore, three sons out of six died as a result of this war