Ernest Hood LEAKE

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Service Number:	1633
Enlisted:	22 January 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England, 1868
Home Town:	Pyramid Hill, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Mechanical engineer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 7 July 1917
Cemetery:	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot III, Row d, Grave No. 217, Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cavendish Bulart District Pictorial Honor Roll

22 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1633, 3rd Pioneer Battalion
6 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 1633, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 1633, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne

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Ernest Hood LEAKE was born in Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England in 1868

His parents were John LEAKE & Elizabeth SMITH

He married Hannah Maria DRYDEN in Haltwhistle in 1893