Leith John Newton Angelo

Leith John Newton Angelo (Jack)

Western Mail 18 Jan 1918 page 1S
Personal Information
Date of Birth	Unknown
Place of Birth	Rottnest Island, Western Australia
Death	8 Dec 1923, aged 31.
Place of Death	Kurrawong Station Menzies
Age at Enlistment	22 years, 2 months
Description	5' 2¼ " (1.58m) tall; weight 115 lbs (52.2 kg); dark complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair
Occupation	grocer
Religion	Church of England
Address	'Iverna', Armadale, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Mother Mrs Mary Fox Angelo
Military Information
Reg Number	1208
Date of Enlistment	19 Jul 1915
Rank	Private
Unit/Formation	32nd Battalion, transferred to 16th Battalion, D Company / 4th Brigade, 4th Division
Date of Embarkation	24 Nov 1915
Ship Embarked On	HMAT A13 Katuna
Date of Return	21 Jan 1919
Ship Returned On	HMHS Delta
Fate	Wounded in Action 18 Oct 1917 at Passchendaele; Wounded in Action 8 Aug 1918 near Amiens (3rd Battle of he Somme); and Returned to Australia
Monument	Armadale (Armadale panel)

War Service

Known as 'Jack'. A grocer who was a friend of Armadale POW Hartland Richards who sent him a card from prison camp in Germany.

At Blackboy Hill camp he was allocated to D Company of the 32nd Battalion at that time being raised in South and Western Australia. Jack was the only local to travel aboard the HMAT A13 Katuna to Egypt.

On 4 Feb 1916 he forfeited a day's pay for overstaying leave at Ismailia, and three weeks later he was transferred to the 16th Battalion. Jack was granted leave in England during August 1917. Soon after he rejoined his unit (18 Oct 1917), while a member of a working party on Westhoek Ridge, he suffered a bomb wound to his back.

Treated first by the 4th New Zealand Field Ambulance before being passed on to the 10th Casualty Clearing Station, where he received treatment before being admitted to the 14th General Hospital in Wimereux, just north of Boulogne. He was then transferred to the Keighley War Hospital in England on 22 Oct 1917 for further treatment.

Jack returned to the battalion on 29 Jan 1918, joining them at 7pm as they settled into the front line trenches near Ypres. He was again wounded when on 8 Aug 1918 he received wounds to his left arm and right foot while participating in the Battalion's advance along the Somme River near Mericourt. He was one of the 105 casualties in his unit that day.

After early treatment by the 22nd General Hospital in Dannes-Camier, he was again sent to England for treatment aboard HMHS Princess Elizabeth on 26 Aug 1918.

However, before he could be invalided home, influenza struck, and in Nov 1918 he spent 11 days in the Sutton Veny hospital delaying his return. Discharged by 5th Military District on 21 Apr 1919.

Enlisted in July 1915, went to the East, and sailed in November with the 32nd Battalion to Egypt, where he met his brother and joined him in the 16th Battalion, with which he went to France."

Post War

Death notice. Died in Menzies Hospital aged 31. Single. <ref>Page 1 of West Australian Monday 10 Dec 1923 1916 Electoral Roll gives his address as "Iverns", Armadale, grocer's assistant. Death notice revealed that his father was Lieut Col E. Angelo. 'Jack' was working at Kurrawong Station near Menzies with Kodack, another returned serviceman, at the time of his death which was due to double pneumonia.