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.
Casualty Details: Australia 6, Untied Kingdom 5. Total 11.
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.
Casualty Details: Australia 6, Untied Kingdom 5. Total 11.
Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
Images in this gallery © 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".
Other Burials
22787 Lance Corporal E. P. Dennis, 1st Bn. Hampshire Regiment, died 12th January 1917.
4810 Lance Corporal Thomas Joseph Flynn, 48th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F. Died 9th April 1917, aged 27. Son of T. and Mary Flynn, of 63, Stone St., West Perth, Western Australia. Born at Hughenden, Queensland.
6516 Private Paul Franklin Joseph Goodchild, 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F. Died 11th April 1917, aged 22. Son of Edward and Sarah Goodchild, of Hinton Cottages, Hurst, Berks, England. Born at Wokingham, Berks.
203246 Private Leonard James, 1st/5th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment, died 17th March 1917.
5131 Private Charles Curnow Ladner, 23rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.. I. F. Died 20th March 1917, aged 42. Son of William and Mary Sarah Ladner; husband of Emily Ladner, of 7, Peel St., Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia. Born at Ballarat.
240699 Private H. Lemon, 2nd/5th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), died 5th May 1917.
3302 Private Richard Morris Richards, 48th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F. Died 9th April 1917.
241061 Private Lawrence Cyril Roebuck, 2nd/5th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), died 5th May 1917, aged 19. Son of Mr. B. and Mrs. M. A. Roebuck, of Grasscroft, New Mill, Huddersfield.
Flight Lieutenant Louis Marcus Basil Weil, Royal Naval Air Service attached to Royal Flying Corps, died 6th April 1917, aged 18. Son of Benjamin and Ethel Weil, of 30, Abercorn Place, St. John's Wood, London.
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".
Other Burials
22787 Lance Corporal E. P. Dennis, 1st Bn. Hampshire Regiment, died 12th January 1917.
4810 Lance Corporal Thomas Joseph Flynn, 48th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F. Died 9th April 1917, aged 27. Son of T. and Mary Flynn, of 63, Stone St., West Perth, Western Australia. Born at Hughenden, Queensland.
6516 Private Paul Franklin Joseph Goodchild, 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F. Died 11th April 1917, aged 22. Son of Edward and Sarah Goodchild, of Hinton Cottages, Hurst, Berks, England. Born at Wokingham, Berks.
203246 Private Leonard James, 1st/5th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment, died 17th March 1917.
5131 Private Charles Curnow Ladner, 23rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.. I. F. Died 20th March 1917, aged 42. Son of William and Mary Sarah Ladner; husband of Emily Ladner, of 7, Peel St., Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia. Born at Ballarat.
240699 Private H. Lemon, 2nd/5th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), died 5th May 1917.
3302 Private Richard Morris Richards, 48th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F. Died 9th April 1917.
241061 Private Lawrence Cyril Roebuck, 2nd/5th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), died 5th May 1917, aged 19. Son of Mr. B. and Mrs. M. A. Roebuck, of Grasscroft, New Mill, Huddersfield.
Flight Lieutenant Louis Marcus Basil Weil, Royal Naval Air Service attached to Royal Flying Corps, died 6th April 1917, aged 18. Son of Benjamin and Ethel Weil, of 30, Abercorn Place, St. John's Wood, London.
