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Wilfred LEACH

Regimental number1381
Place of birthYorkshire, England
SchoolSt Georges, Campden Hill, London, England
Other trainingSolicitors clerk
Age on arrival in Australia17.10
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressRichmond River, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Arthur Leach, 22 Lemster Square, Bayswater, London, England
Previous military serviceServed in the Army Service Corps "Territorial".
Enlistment date15 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/16/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 30 November 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on 23 October 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of disease 18 March 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialDernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VI, Row E, Grave No. 6), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
17
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Elizabeth LEACH, 70 Oxford Terrace, Hyde Park, London

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