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Howard LEEHANE

Regimental number14574
Place of birthHorsham, Victoria
SchoolSecondary State School, Victoria
Other trainingMusician
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationStation hand
AddressGeraldton, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Leehane, 148 Royal Street, East Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date21 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameJuly 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/42/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A44 Vestalia on 11 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Field Company Engineers
FateDied of wounds 20 October 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death21
Place of burialBirr Cross Roads Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 12), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
24
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary LEEHANE, 164 Wittenoom Street East, Perth, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsCousin to Capt Harold Griffiths MC killed in action May 1917.

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