Leslie Fraser Standish Hore, MC, MiD (1870 - 1935) - artist

With thanks to Catherine Avak for finding this artist for us

"Early Morning, Suvla Bay, Oct. 1915"

Born in Murree, Bengal, India on 5th August 1870, Leslie was educated in England before going up to Oxford University, where he studied law in Corpus Christi College.  He became a barrister and solicitor.  In 1895, Leslie travelled to Tasmania. He married Emily Josephine Lacy in Hobart, Tasmania on 30th March 1896.  The couple lived in Davey Street, Denison, South Hobart.

Leslie joined the AIF 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment with the rank of Captain in Gallipoli on 26th May 1915. Wounded during the battle of the Nek on 7th August 1915, by then Major Hore, he rejoined his unit on the 28th September 1915.

Leslie then accepted the post of Brigade Machine Gun Officer of the 6th Infantry Brigade in France.

Leslie was awarded the Military Cross on 18th June 1916 at Pozieres.  His final rank was Temporary Lieutenant Colonel with the Australian Machine Gun Corps.   On 7th November 1917, Leslie was Mentioned in Despatches.  He returned to Tasmania in February 1919.

Leslie died in Kavieng district of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea on 1st September 1935.  His occupation was listed as planter.

The Citation for Leslie's medal

Catherine Avak posted the above image on Facebook - 

Rupert Brooke Remembered added a new photo to the album World War I.

“Early Morning Gallipoli” Suvla Bay October 1915” by Captain Leslie Hore

and also on the Artists of the First World War Facebook page.

Catherine says: "You can find more drawings of the Gallipoli campaign, which I found to have more immediacy than any photographs I’ve seen, as well as further information about the artist at": https://artsandculture.google.com/story/fgXB7Y5BQBwHJg

The Battle of the Nek (Turkish: Kılıçbayır Muharebesi) took place on 7th August 1915, during the Gallipoli campaign of The First World War. "The Nek" was a narrow stretch of ridge on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The name derives from the Afrikaans word for a "mountain pass" but the terrain itself was a perfect bottleneck and easy to defend, as demonstrated during an Ottoman attack in June. It connected Australian and New Zealand trenches on the ridge known as "Russell's Top" to the knoll called "Baby 700" on which the Ottoman defenders were entrenched.