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MOURITZ, Leoffer Beresford
Personal Details
Service Number: | 17 |
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Enlisted: | 1 September 1914, Enoggera, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Armadale, Victoria, 11 September 1887 |
Home Town: | Hughenden, Flinders, Queensland |
Schooling: | Fiske's Acadamy, Surrey |
Occupation: | Stockman/Ornithologist |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 14 May 1915, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
1 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 17, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enoggera, Queensland | |
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24 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 17, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
24 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 17, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane | |
14 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 17, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 17 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-05-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Leoffer Beresford MOURITZ was born in Armadale, Victoria - his birth registration is spelt Leafwin
His parents were Henry Joseph MOURITZ and Evelyn Louise THONEMAN