Virtual War Memorial | Frederick LEAHY

Frederick LEAHY Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

LEAHY, Frederick

Service Number:	1465
Enlisted:	23 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Augusta, South Australia, 26 February 1898
Home Town:	Port Augusta, Port Augusta, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Barman
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 11 October 1917, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Port Augusta RSL Hall Circular Honour Roll, Soldiers' Memorial Band Rotunda

World War 1 Service

23 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1465, Keswick, South Australia
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1465, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1465, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
11 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1465, 50th Infantry Battalion
11 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1465, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1465 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-11
Date unknown:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1465
Date unknown:	Involvement AIF WW1, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres

Help us honour Frederick Leahy's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography

See Red Cross Files held by State Library of SA.