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LEIGHTON, Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3262 |
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| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Home Town: | Murwillumbah, Tweed, New South Wales |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Murwillumbah War Memorial |
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World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3262, 47th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 3262, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney |
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