James Muir LECKIE

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Service Number:	828
Enlisted:	19 January 1916, West Maitland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	West Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 3 November 1894
Home Town:	West Wallsend, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Baker
Died:	Shell blast, Messines, Belgium, 23 July 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Messines Ridge British Cemetery II. F. 48., Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Messines, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cameron Park Employees of N VAISEY Roll of Honour, Newcastle Operative Bakers' Society Roll of Honour

19 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 828, 34th Infantry Battalion, West Maitland
2 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 828, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
2 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 828, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
21 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 828, 34th Infantry Battalion
26 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 828, 34th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines

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