Leslie joined the Australian Armed Forces in February 1915 and was sent for training in Queensland before being sent to Gallipoli.
Leslie fought on the Western Front for a few months before being struck down with Enteric fever and Pleurisy.
Leslie returned from France to recover where they held a reception for him at Mathinna. Leslie returned to health and was sent back to battle only to be killed, a few days after his return, in Lagnicourt, France on the 26th March 1917.
Leslie James Saunders name is written on the wall of the war memorial at Villers Bretronneax, France and has a memorial headstone at Mathinna cemetery.
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