Richard LEAHY

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Service Number:	2845
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kilkenny, Ireland, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Murray Bridge, Murray Bridge, South Australia
Schooling:	Christian Brothers School, Kilkenny, Ireland
Occupation:	Railway Porter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot I, Row E, Grave No. I, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor

16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2845, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2845, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide

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43rd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement, .Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

He was 26 and the son of Mrs. Kate Leahy, of Glendine, St John’s , Kilkenny, Ireland.

Age on arrival in Australia-23.

Enlistment date-16 September 1916.

Age at embarkation-24

Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 16 December 1916