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LEACH, Idris Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX10194 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1940, Wayville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Adelaide, SA, 8 October 1905 |
| Home Town: | Peterhead, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 30 August 1943, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery N B 11 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough 47th Battalion Fallen Comrades HB, St Clair Woodville High School Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 22 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, SX10194, 47th Infantry Battalion, Wayville, SA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William and Elizabeth Chalmers Leach, of Port Adelaide, South Australia; husband of Gwendoline Elizabeth Leach, of Alberton, South Australia.
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