Private Harry Alexander Leslie

Profile
Parents: W.I. and Katherine Leslie
Birth: August 23, 1886, Seymour Indiana
Occupation: painter in Cincinnati, Ohio
Entered service: September, 1917
Sent to: Camp Taylor, Kentucky, then to Camp Sevier, South Carolina
Assigned to: Company B ,115th Machine Gun Battalion
Overseas: May 1918
Death: from wounds August 27, 1918, received from bursting bomb, while fighting on "Flanders Front." Belgium

The Tribune
Seymour, Indiana
Wednesday, October 2, 1918
Page 1

LAYS HIS LIFE ON THE ALTAR OF FREEDOM

Word Received That Private Harry Leslie Died August 27 from Wounds Received in Action

FURTHER DETAILS LACKING

Well Known Young Man Entered the Service in September 1917-Went to France in May.

Official word from the war department was received by Mrs. Catherine Leslie, East High street, this morning that her son, Private Harry A. Leslie, aged thirty-one years, had died August 27 from wounds received in action. The sad message was brought to the aged mother and her daughters in the following telegram:

"Mrs. Kathrine Leslie.
"Deeply regret to inform you that it is offiially reported that Private Harry A. Leslie, machine gun battalion, died August 27 from wounds received in action.
"Harris, acting the Adjutant-General".

The young man entered the service of his country on September 1, 1917, having been inducted with a quota from Newport, Ky., where he had been employed for eight years previous to that time. He was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville for training and remained there until April of this year. At that time he was transferred to Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C. and was attached to the 115th F.A. Detation Corps. He went to France in May of this year.

Relatives here received two letters from him after his arrival in France. The first was received in June and the second in the following month. Since that time they have anxiously looked forward for further word from him. but believed that the absence of letters was due to the fact that he was engaged in fighting and probably had not an opportunity to mail his letters or that they had been delayed.

In his letters, Private Leslie wrote encouragingly to his mother, stating that he had a great deal to tell her, but that he would have to wait until the Stars and Stripes floated over Berlin and the war was over before he could tell her everything. He said that he was in the best of health.

The young man was born in this city August 23, 1887. He lived here until about eight or nine years ago when he accepted employment in Newport, Ke. Before going to Kentucky, he was employed as a traveling bill poster for the Wallace-Haghenback circus. As he was reared in this city he has a large acquaintance. Besides the grief stricken mother, he leaves five sisters, Miss Agnes and Hazel Leslie, of this city, Mrs. W. E. Hyatt, Mrs. Rose Burkdall and Mrs. Mike Hauersperger, of this city.

The Tribune
Seymour, Indiana
Wednesday, October 9, 1918
Page 3

The name of Harry Leslie, of this city is carried in the casualty list released this morning. He was the son of Mrs. Katherine Leslie, and a previous report of his death from wounds was published at the time when the official message was received here.