LEGGE, Herbert Alexander
| Service Number: | 5778 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 29 April 1891 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Surveyor |
| Died: | Killed in action, Bullecourt, France, 13 May 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Sergeant, 5778, 59th Infantry Battalion |
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Herbert Alex Legge was the son of George Herbert and and Minna Legge of Sydney NSW. The father George had served as a Lieutenant in the 1st NSW Mounted Rifles during the Boer War and had earned the Queens South Africa Medal with four clasps, and also later became the Surveyor General of NSW.
Herbert was also the nephew of Major General James Gordon Legge, who commanded the 2nd Division AIF.
Herbert’s brother, Major Reginald George Legge enlisted in 1914 as a 19-year-old Duntroon graduate. The brothers both served in the 59th Battalion. Reginald survived the war, being twice wounded, twice mentioned in despatches as well as being awarded a D.S.O. and M.C.
Herbert Legge served on Gallipoli with 7th Australian Army Service Corps company from about June 1915 until evacuated sick during September 1915. He later transferred to the 59th Battalion and shortly after his death he was buried near a rail embankment at Bullecourt. His remains could not be located after the war.