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Thomas Edgar LEISHMAN

Regimental number3267
Place of birthTrafalgar, Gippsland, Victoria
SchoolTrafalgar State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressTerang, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Leishman, Ellerslie via Mortlake, Victoria
Enlistment date29 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 14 September 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death22.5
Place of burialRue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 29), fleurbaix, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
166
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Catherine LEISHMAN, Mortlake, Victoria. Nataive of Trafalgar, Victoria

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