Leigh O'TOOLE

Leigh O'TOOLE Update Details

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Service Number:	3604
Enlisted:	25 March 1916, Enlisted at Bathurst, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	56th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kurrajong, New South Wales, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Forrester School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 14 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kenthurst & Annangrove War Memorial, Kenthurst and Annangrove In Memoriam Roll of Honor, Kenthurst and Annangrove WW1 Roll of Honor, Norwest Mitchell Remembers Roll of Honour

25 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3604, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bathurst, NSW
5 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 3604, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
5 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 3604, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney
1 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, From 30th Battalion

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Son of Jane O'Toole of 'Kenthurst', Parramatta, NSW

Next of kin given as his foster mother Rebecca Sophia Hobbs of Forrester, near Riverstone, NSW.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal were issued to Rebecca Hobbs.