Les Primrose
Primrose in November 1916
Personal information
Full name	Leslie John Primrose
Date of birth	(1890-05-14)14 May 1890
Place of birth	Ballarat, Victoria
Date of death	4 June 1918(1918-06-04) (aged 28)
Place of death	Somme, France
Original team(s)	Ballarat
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1912–13	University	16 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Leslie John Primrose (14 May 1890 – 4 June 1918) was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League. He served in the Australian Flying Corps in World War I and took part in dogfights against the German Red Baron unit. He was killed in a plane crash in 1918.

The son of John William Primrose (1866–1919),^[1] and Catherine Ellen Primrose (1867–1937),^[2] née Dent, Leslie John Primrose was born in Ballarat, Victoria on 14 May 1890.

Cleared from Golden Point to University on 26 April 1912,^[3] he played in 16 senior matches over two seasons (1912–1913).^[4]

Employed as a schoolteacher, Primrose enlisted in the First AIF on 2 August 1915.

He was killed in action when his plane crashed on its return flight to its base on 4 June 1918.^[5]

• List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service

• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
• Main, J. & Allen, D., "Primrose, Leslie", pp. 154–156 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. ISBN 1-74095-010-0
• World War One Service Record: Lieutenant Leslie John Primrose, National Archives of Australia.
• World War One Embarkation Roll: Lieutenant Leslie John Primrose, collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• World War One Nominal Roll: Lieutenant Leslie John Primrose, collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Files: Lieutenant Leslie John Primrose, collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• Roll of Honour: Lieutenant Leslie John Primrose, Australian War Memorial.
• The Late Lieutenant Primrose, The Hamilton Spectator, (Saturday, 31 August 1918), p.7.

• Les Primrose's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Les Primrose at AustralianFootball.com
• Leslie John Primrose, at Western District Families.
• Photograph of Second Lieutenant Leslie John Primrose, No 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• Group portrait of Officers of No 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• Original grave at Breuil-le-Sec Cemetery of Lieutenant Leslie John Primrose, No 2 Squadron, photograph in the collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• Lieutenant Leslie John Primrose, Commonwealth War Graves Commission.