Philip Samuel LEATH

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Service Number:	18494
Enlisted:	17 January 1916, Marrickville
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	7th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 26 January 1896
Home Town:	Hurstville, Kogarah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Messenger
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 11 December 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais II. B. 36.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Municipality of Hurstville Pictorial Honour Roll No 1

17 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, SN 18494, Marrickville
1 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 7th Field Artillery Brigade
11 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, SN 18494, 7th Field Artillery Brigade
11 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, SN 18494, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
1 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 7th Field Artillery Brigade
10 Dec 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, SN 18494, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Bomb wounds abdomen and left arm
11 Dec 1917:	Involvement Driver, SN 18494, 7th Field Artillery Brigade

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