Leslie Frank Dillon

Role: Dillon-branch descendant of Elizabeth Beattie Telfer — killed at Gallipoli, WWI
Died: 1915 (ANZAC landings, late April) — Gallipoli, no known grave
Branch: Tea Tree Gully, South Australia (Dillon line of Elizabeth Beattie Telfer)

War Service

Private Leslie Frank Dillon, Australian Imperial Force, killed at Gallipoli during the ANZAC landings of late April 1915. He has no known grave — his name is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli.

His name appears on the Australian War Memorial Gallipoli Peninsula commemorative roll alongside other DILLON servicemen of the branch (incl. Francis William, Herbert, Martin Michael Dillon).

Life Summary

Leslie Frank Dillon belonged to the Tea Tree Gully DILLON branch (descendants of Elizabeth Beattie Telfer's marriage to John Charles Dillon). He was killed at Gallipoli in 1915 and — having no known grave — his name is recorded on the Lone Pine Memorial.

Anecdote

🖊️ Anecdote — as told in From the Borders to the Bush / A Telfer Family Tree (2008, p.197): Leslie Frank Dillon of the Telfer line was killed at Gallipoli in the ANZAC landings of late April 1915 and has no known grave — his name sits on the Lone Pine Memorial. (Exact date 25–29 April 1915 is the family-book recollection; the AWM confirms his Gallipoli commemoration and name on the Lone Pine roll.)

Sources

• Source: Australian War Memorial — Private Leslie Frank Dillon, P10327985 — accessed 12 Aug 2026 (verified: Private, AWM People record)
• Source: Australian War Memorial — Gallipoli Peninsula (Lone Pine) commemorative roll, PL503649 — accessed 12 Aug 2026 (verified: "Dillon, Leslie Frank" appears on the Gallipoli Peninsula commemorative roll)
• Source: From the Borders to the Bush / A Telfer Family Tree (Supplement 2008), p.197 — family book record of the service and death at Gallipoli, no known grave