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HOLLANDS, Leighton Roy
| Service Number: | 2684 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Moonta (SA), South Australia, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Draper |
| Died: | 1987, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Moonta Corporation of The Town of Moonta Roll of Honour, Moonta Mines Public School Roll of Honour WW1, Payneham Sydenham Road Methodist Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2684, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 2684, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 2684 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 2684 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
Leighton Roy Hollands was born in 1892 in the town of Moonta, South Australia. His mother's name was Sarah Ann Hollands (died 1923), and his father was Mr William Hollands (died 1917). Leighton was Mr Hollands’ 3rd son.
He lived at 32 Chappell Street, Norwood, South Australia when he enlisted. Before enlisting in the war, Leighton had the occupation known as a ‘draper’, which means he was a retailer who sold cloth used to make clothes. Through old newspaper records, it was found that Leighton was engaged before entering the War.
Leighton answered that he did not participate in any previous military services on his enlistment papers.
He enlisted on the 2nd of August 1915 but he didn’t embark until 27th of October 1915. He embarked from Adelaide, on board HMAT A24 Benalla. While in the War he moved from the 27th Infantry Battalion to the 10th Infantry Battalion.
Leighton was in the hospital a few times for being ill, some of which were on the 27th of July 1916, and the 9th of September 1916. He was recorded to have been wounded in action in France on the 8th of November 1916, where he was then transferred to Cheltenham Hospital. He was sent back to Australia for six months to recover from his injury.
Following his recovery, he was transferred back to France to re-join the war. Leighton arrived back in Australia on the 23rd of March 1919, after fighting in the War for 4 years total.
Leighton Roy Hollands married Ethel Williams. He and his wife were recorded to have had a son, whom they named Wilfred Leighton Hollands.
When World War 2 rolled around, and Leighton and Wilfred enlisted and fought together. During this War, Leighton served as a Staff Sergeant.
His papers state that he died in 1987 was around the age of 94.