Joseph Henry LEACH DCM

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LEACH, Joseph Henry

Service Numbers:	938, N40011
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Randwick, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	9th Australian Infantry Training Battalion
Born:	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia , 11 February 1894
Home Town:	Hurstville, Kogarah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Little Bay, New South Wales, Australia , 31 January 1954, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Anglican Monumental, Section 7, Site 0244
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 938, Randwick, New South Wales
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 938, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 938, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
4 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 54th Infantry Battalion
13 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 938, 54th Infantry Battalion

Non Warlike Service

23 Sep 1929:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), N40011, Hurstville, New South Wales

World War 2 Service

19 Jan 1943:	Discharged Warrant Officer Class 2, N40011, 9th Australian Infantry Training Battalion

World War 1 Service

Date unknown:	Involvement 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Biography

Original member of E Company 2nd Battalion AIF

Later transferred to 54th Battalion AIF

Awarded Disitinguished Conduct Medal - see links

Other medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served in WW2 as a Warrant Officer in 9th Infantry Training Battalion

Husband of Rita Dora Leach (nee Carr). Son of Sarah Leach (nee Fairlie). Joseph and Rita Dora married on 27 February 1918 in the St Matthews Church of Hammersmith, England. Vicar G.E. Powell officiated. Rita used the preferred name of Dora

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