Robert James LEECHMAN

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Service Number:	2208
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dublin, Ireland, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	St Patricks Cathedral School, Dublin
Occupation:	Shop assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, Villers-Brettoneux, France, 24 April 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2208, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2208, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane
24 Apr 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 2208, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2208 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-24

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52nd Battalion., 4th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

He was 33 and the son of Isaac D. and Emily D. Leechman, of 40, Grafton St., Dublin, Ireland.

Age on arrival in Australia-26
Enlistment date-21 January 1916
Rank on enlistment-Private

AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/69/3

Age at embarkation-32

Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A42 Boorara on 16 August 1916

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