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LEAHY, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5889 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Pithara, Dalwallinu, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 31 May 1969, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5889, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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| 13 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5889, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Next of kin-Mother, Mrs Margaret Menton Leahy, Barmour, Johnstown, Co Kilkenny, Ireland
Enlistment date-17 April 1916-Private-28th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement.
Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 13 October 1916-he was then 35.
Returned to Australia 16 December 1917
War service: Western Front
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