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Newell Graham LEIGH

Regimental number481
Place of birthMerewether, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBushman
AddressSawyer's Gully, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, Samuel Leigh, Sawyer's Gully, New South Wales
Enlistment date5 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name35th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/52/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 1 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 17 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialYpres Reservoir Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 66), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
70
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Isabella LEIGH, Sawyers Gully, New South Wales. Native of Merewether, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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