SAUCHY-LESTRÉE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Sauchy Lestrée is a village of Pas de Calais it is situated some 27 Kilometres South East of Arras and 15 kilometres North West of Cambrai.
The communal cemetery is on the right hand side of the D14 in the direction of Oisy le Verger.
The headstones are on the right hand side of the main path towards the centre of the cemetery and the the rear of the right hand boundary.
Historical Information
There are 11, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Pictures © Jean-Claude Graux
Sauchy Lestrée is a village of Pas de Calais it is situated some 27 Kilometres South East of Arras and 15 kilometres North West of Cambrai.
The communal cemetery is on the right hand side of the D14 in the direction of Oisy le Verger.
The headstones are on the right hand side of the main path towards the centre of the cemetery and the the rear of the right hand boundary.
Historical Information
There are 11, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Pictures © Jean-Claude Graux
4405 Private
Frank Geisler
23rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
20th March 1917, aged 27.
Son of Charles W. and Mary Ann Geisler. Born at North Sydney, New South Wales.
Studio portrait of 4405 Private (Pte) Frank Ernest Geisler, 23rd Battalion of Manly, NSW. A labour prior to enlistment, Pte Geisler embarked with the 11 Reinforcements from Melbourne on RMS Malwa on 23 Apirl 1916. He was killed in action in France on 20 March 1917, aged 27.
Frank Geisler
23rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
20th March 1917, aged 27.
Son of Charles W. and Mary Ann Geisler. Born at North Sydney, New South Wales.
Studio portrait of 4405 Private (Pte) Frank Ernest Geisler, 23rd Battalion of Manly, NSW. A labour prior to enlistment, Pte Geisler embarked with the 11 Reinforcements from Melbourne on RMS Malwa on 23 Apirl 1916. He was killed in action in France on 20 March 1917, aged 27.
6305 Private
Stanley McWhinney
16th Bn. Australian Infantry. A. I. F.
11th April 1917, aged 20.
Son of James and Alice McWhinney of 99, 9th Avenue, Maylands, Western Australia. Born in Victoria, Australia.
A farm labourer, he was only 18 when he enlisted. He enlisted on 3rd February 1916 in Perth, Western Australia and embarked from Fremantle on 13th October 1916 on the H. M. A. T. Suffolk. He was captures and died as a Prisoner of War on 11th April 1917, aged 20.
Picture courtesy of Greg and Marie Lloyd and the text is taken from the "Bunbury War Heroes".
Stanley McWhinney
16th Bn. Australian Infantry. A. I. F.
11th April 1917, aged 20.
Son of James and Alice McWhinney of 99, 9th Avenue, Maylands, Western Australia. Born in Victoria, Australia.
A farm labourer, he was only 18 when he enlisted. He enlisted on 3rd February 1916 in Perth, Western Australia and embarked from Fremantle on 13th October 1916 on the H. M. A. T. Suffolk. He was captures and died as a Prisoner of War on 11th April 1917, aged 20.
Picture courtesy of Greg and Marie Lloyd and the text is taken from the "Bunbury War Heroes".
