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MCLEISH, David
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1182 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Vaucluse, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Dunning Public School, Perthshire, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Stone Mason |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Johnston's Jolly Cemetery, Gallipoli, Türkiye Special Memorial 11. Inscription SUBMISSIVE STILL WOULD I REPLY THY WILL BE DONE , Johnston's Jolly Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Johnston's Jolly Cemetery Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1182, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1182, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1182, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was c/- Mr. Reid's Refreshment Rooms, Vaucluse, NSW
Brother of George McLeish of Bathgate, Scotland
Medals: 1914-15 Star, Britiah War Medal, Victory Medal
Served a 5 year apprenticeship with P & W Anderson of Glasgow, Scotland
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 34 and left a widow, Annie W. McLeish, of 29, Broomlands St., Paisley, Scotland. The date of death cannot be ascertained with certainty but he was killed between 6th and 9th August 1915.