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James LEYDEN

Regimental number1775
Place of birthCarlton, Victoria
SchoolStewart Street State School, VIC and St Francis (Catholic) School, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationTelephone cable
AddressGlen Morgan Street, East Brunswick, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Catherine Leyden, Glen Morgan Street, East Brunswick Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceHe was Scout master of the first Moreland Troop of Boy Scouts.
Enlistment date5 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 29 March 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 11 August 1915
Place of death or woundingSulva Bay
Date of death11 August 1915
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialHaider Pasha Cemetery (Plot II, Row H, Grave No. 9), Constantinople, Asia
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
73
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Catherine LEYDEN, 11 Glenmorgan Street, Brunswick East, Victoria
Family/military connectionsHis first cousin E Stucky was killed in France.
Miscellaneous detailsP O W BURIED IN TURKEY, HAIDAR PASHA CEMETERY, CONSTANTINOPLE

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