LEAHY, Hughie
| Service Number: | S20127 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 August 1940, Torrens Hall, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, 22 July 1915 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 3 September 2005, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 8 Aug 1940: | Involvement S20127 | |
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| 8 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Torrens Hall, SA | |
| 8 Aug 1940: | Enlisted S20127 | |
| 30 Mar 1941: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S20127, 27 Infantry Battalion AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Hughie Leahy (Service No:S20127) served in the ACMF as a Private attached to 27 Battalion from 8 August 1940 to 30 March 1941 - Discharged Medically Unfit. Half siblings Matthew (aka John), Arthur, Claude (aka Mick) and Owen (aka George) served in WWI.
Hughie was born in Mt Gambier, South Australia in 1915, second of three children of George Francis Lehey (b1859 in Monmouthshire, Wales) and his second wife Elizabeth Lavinia Greenhill (b1887 in Mt Gambier, South Australia). George immigrated in 1860, arriving in Port Adelaide with his parents and siblings on board the Schah Jehan. He was a Widower, working as a Tailor in 1913 when he and Elizabeth married in Mt Gambier, where they raised their family before moving to Adelaide.
Hughie worked as a Salesman in Adelaide before enlisting in the Army. In the 1950s Hughie married Muriel Yvonne McNamara (nee Hewton; b1911 in Pimbaacla, South Australia). Hughie died in 2005 and Muriel in 2009.
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