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HEALEY, Leonard Charles
| Service Number: | 2172 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kensington, South Australia , 25 June 1897 |
| Home Town: | St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Died: | Natural causes, South Australia , 22 January 1967, aged 69 years |
| Cemetery: |
Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Payneham Sydenham Road Methodist Church Roll of Honour, St Peters Spicer Memorial Church Stained Glass Window Honor Roll WW1 (2), St. Peters East Adelaide Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2172, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 28 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2172, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2172, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 2172, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 2172, 42nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
Before the War, Healey Leonard Charles worked as a Bricklayer while living with his mother, Mrs Blanche Healey on 4th Avenue, East Adelaide, South Australia. He was born and raised in Kensington South Australia and was 19 when he departed to war on board the HMAT A68 Anchises on the 28th of August 1916.
During the war, Healey Leonard Charles served in the 43rd Infantry Battalion. He was wounded multiple times, a notable time being when he was admitted into East Suffolk Hospital, Ipswich, England on the 12th of July 1917 after suffering from a gunshot wound in his left forearm and fingers. Despite these injuries, he was still promoted to Corporal. He survived the war, returning home safely on the 4th of July 1919. He died many years later of natural causes.
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