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Hugh Alphonsus LEFFLER

Regimental number61
Place of birthRichmond, Victoria
SchoolChristian Brothers (Catholic) School, Brisbane, Queensland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationPrinter
Address39 Arundel Street, Forrest Lodge, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Ambrose Augustus Leffler, 39 Arundel Street, Forrest Lodge, New South Wales
Enlistment date20 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 9
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/14/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 1 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied as a result of accident 3 December 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death24
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row b, Grave No. 41), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
178
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ambrose and Mabel LEFFLER, 23 Margate Street, Kogarah, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother enlisted and was recalled at Cape Town. Armistice time he afterwards served six months with the Forces at Rabaul.

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