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LEADER, Edward Gordon William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 881 |
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Enlisted: | 14 December 1914, Place of Enlistment, Toowoomba, Queensland. |
Last Rank: | Company Sergeant Major |
Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
Born: | Preston, Lancashire England. , January 1880 |
Home Town: | Cloncurry, Cloncurry, Queensland |
Schooling: | Local School, Preston, England. |
Occupation: | Horse Breaker. |
Died: | Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia, 7 January 1961, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
14 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 881, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Place of Enlistment, Toowoomba, Queensland. | |
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8 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 881, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
8 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 881, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane | |
6 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Reverts to Rank, Gallipoli. | |
16 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
1 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
20 Dec 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
17 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Return to Australia, Debility. |
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