Leonard Allan Joseph Welsh (SN 7094) born at Stawell, was a 23 year old shoeing smith when he enlisted in Ballarat on October 4th 1916. On November 23rd he embarked aboard the Hororata and sailed to England where he undertook an extended period of training including a farrier’s course. In November 1917 he joined the 6th Infantry Battalion on the battlefields of France. He was wounded, gassed, in December but was only hospitalised for a week before rejoining his unit. In August 1918 however he was wounded again, sustaining a severe gunshot wound to his foot. He was evacuated to hospital in England before being returned to Australia as medically unfit. He returned aboard the Lancashire, disembarked at Melbourne on March 31st 1919 and was discharged on May 8th.

His brother Stanley was killed in action in October 1917 and his brother Thomas also served in the AIF and they are honoured with trees in the Avenue.

One of a number of soldiers with multiple entries in the original register, he is also recognised at Tree 2549.