LEIGH, Harry Discomb
| Service Number: | 16208 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 October 1916, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Summer Hill, Sydney, NSW, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Daceyville, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Forest Lodge Public School |
| Occupation: | Carpenter Machinist |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Concord, NSW, 9 December 1973 |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Wall of Mem Svcs AIF BB Old, 0095 |
| Memorials: | Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 16208, Reinforcements WW1, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 16208, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 16208, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suevic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Harry was born at Summer Hill in 1893 and educated at the Forest Lodge Public School. In 1913 he joined the stereo-typing department of the Sydney Morning Herald, in which his father had for many years been employed.
He enlisted on September 5, 1916, as a Sapper in the Field Engineers. He was severely injured in mining operations, on works that were being carried out in connection with the defences on the East coast of England, and after several months in hospital, was, much to his disappointment, returned to Australia without seing any of the actual fighting in Europe.
A brother, Sydney William Leigh, who also enlisted with the Field Engineers, was wounded in France and severely gassed.
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