Regimental number | 1856 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Queen Street PO, Queen Street, Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Next of kin | Brother, Joseph J Leighton, Alberton, South Gippsland, Victoria |
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Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 39th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/56/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Orontes on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 2181 Pte Arthur Phillip LEIGHTON, 32nd Bn, returned to Australia, 8 May 1919; 1857 Pte Valentine Hastings Thomas LEIGHTON, 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery, returned to Australia, 22 July 1919. |
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