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LEIGH, Edward

Service Number:	4831
Enlisted:	14 September 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Westhay Moor, Somerset, England, 3 October 1892
Home Town:	Cawdor, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Bagley Council School, England
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Messines Ridge British Cemetery Grave I. B. 23., Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Messines, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1

World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4831, 49th Infantry Battalion
14 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4831, Toowoomba, Queensland
28 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4831, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
28 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4831, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4831, 49th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4831 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-07

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 25 and the son of Henry and Annie Leigh, of Mere, Somerset.