LEGGETT, Ronald Campbell
| Service Number: | SX7714 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 July 1940, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, 29 December 1907 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cheese Maker |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Libya, 30 August 1941, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Gambier High School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll, Mount Gambier War Memorial, Port MacDonnell Memorial Walk, Port MacDonnell War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
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| 3 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX7714, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Nov 1940: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SX7714, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion, Died of wounds 30 August 1941 |
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World War 2 Service
| 17 Nov 1940: | Embarked SX7714, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Aug 1941: | Involvement Private, SX7714, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Angela Leggett
Ronald Campbell Leggett, son of John Leggett and Elvina Winifred Leggett nee Orchard who resided in Moorak South Australia.
Prior to enlisting in the Army, Ronald was a Cheese Maker, at the Moorak cheese factory for twelve years. Ronald and Daphne (his wife) first lived in Mount Gambier South Australia until late 1936 when they moved to Port MacDonnell South Australia.
Ronald used to ride his bicycle from Port MacDonnell to Moorak and return every day, a round trip of just on fifty kilometres: rain, hail or shine.
Just before enlisting in the Army he bought himself a motor bike and sidecar, this must have made his days a little easier. Ronald was a keen cyclist and raced in many local events with some success.
On the 3rd. July 1940 Ronald enlisted into the Australian Infantry Forces and attached to the 2nd/ 48th, 2nd. A.I.F. on 27th August 1940.
Stationed in the Motor Pavillion, Wayville Showground, Adelaide. Later a short stay at the Woodside Army Camp, then back to the Wayville showgrounds, then on 17th November 1940 embarked on H.M.T. Strathenden for overseas.
On 30th August 1941 Ronald was appointed as runner for C Company, on that day battallion headquarters came in for spasmodic but accurate shelling. Ronald was moving to a sangar to take shelter when he was badly wounded. Ronald later died as a result of the shrapnel wounds to his abdomen, left thigh, and left chest wall.
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