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LEECH, Samuel

Service Number:	1372
Enlisted:	30 November 1914, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wigan, England, 11 January 1884
Home Town:	Semaphore, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Baptist School, England
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Panel 32
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, The South Australian National War Memorial

World War 1 Service

30 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Oaklands, South Australia
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1372, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1372, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne

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Biography

N.O.K. Mother: Mary Ellen Leech, Southport, England