Villis L Tpr 748 18th Australian Light Horse

VILLIS, LEYSHON, Trooper, No. 748, 18th Light Horse, 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, of George Villis, by his wife, Mary Ann (Hayes Cottages, S. Sully, near Cardiff), dau. of Leyshon Watkin; b. Mountain Ash, co. Glamorgan, 17 April, 1893; educ. Sully; went to Australia, 1 Dec. 1911; volunteered and enlisted following the outbreak of war, 15 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 7 Aug. 1915; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Posted in Australian Imperial Force.