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HUGHES, Leonard Headland

Service Number:	3520
Enlisted:	9 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 8 March 1891
Home Town:	Kapunda, Light, South Australia
Schooling:	Muirden College and Adelaide University, South Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 23 July 1916, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kapunda District Honour Board, Kapunda Dutton Park Memorial Gardens WW1 Plaque, Kapunda and District Fallen Soldiers Monument, The South Australian National War Memorial

World War 1 Service

9 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3520, Adelaide, South Australia
12 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3520, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
12 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3520, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide
28 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Infantry Battalion
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3520, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3520 awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-23

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