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Cecil Sydney LEAKE

Regimental number5710
Place of birthSassafras Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarter
AddressSassafras, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Josephine Leake, Pender Street, Thornbury, Victoria
Enlistment date1 May 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll1 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 8 April 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Peter Dennis
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death5 July 1974
Age at death78
Place of burialCorowa Cemetery, New South Wales

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