LEIGH, Darcy
| Service Number: | 3817 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle New South Wales, Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Boolaroo, New South Wales, Australia, 7 December 1923, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-80. 69. |
| Memorials: | Rechabites Weston Tent No 94 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3817, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3817, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane | |
| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3817, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3817, 49th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, GSW leg | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3817, 49th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW right shoulder and jaw | |
| 14 Aug 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3817, 49th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
98 years ago today, on the Sunday afternoon of the 9th December 1923, Private George Kedwell, (served as LEIGH-D'arcy), 49th Battalion (Reg No-3817), butcher from First Street, Boolaroo, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 41. ANGLICAN 1-80. 69.
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales about 1882 to Alfred E and Elizabeth Kedwell, George enlisted September 1915 with the 9th Battalion at Lismore, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 3.9.1916 (GSW leg, severe), 5.4.1918 (GSW right jaw, shoulder, right arm). Reported wounded 2nd occasion, as LEIGH.
Admitted to hospital 26.12.1917 (trench fever).
George was invalided home January 1919, not being discharged until the 14th August 1920. Welcomed home and presentation to George by the Boolaroo Soldiers' Farewell and Reception Committee at the Sulphide Hall, Boolaroo.
Mr. Kedwell’s name has been inscribed on the Boolaroo District Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 14th December 1916, 14 names originally inscribed, 148 names now inscribed with photos) and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not inscribed on the Newcastle & Northern District Branch Meat Workers' Union Honour Roll or the Weston Independent Order of Rechabites Tent No. 94 Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies on George’s brown granite headstone in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record does not state Died after Discharge.
Lest We Forget.
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