Franklin Harcourt LEGGE

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LEGGE, Franklin Harcourt

Service Number:	268
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Born:	Chichester, Sussex, England, 1 February 1876
Home Town:	Dubbo, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Police Officer
Died:	Enteric Fever, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 20 May 1900, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	President Brand Cemetery, Bloemfontein, South Africa Grave 448
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gosford Boer War Memorial

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 268, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Corporal, 268, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
17 Jan 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 268, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Ship Southern Cross
20 May 1900:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 268, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Died of Disease.

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Franklin Harcourt LEGGE was born in Chichester Sussex, England on 1st February, 1876

His parents were James Henry LEGGE & Ada Jane WAY who married in the Isle of Wight in 1862 - the family arrived in Sydney in 1878 onboard the ship Windsor Castle from London

The family settled at Woodport, NSW - Franklin was a Polic Constance at Dubbo when he enlisted to serve in the Boer War

He embarked on the ship Southern Cross on 17th January 1900 with the 1st NSW Mounted Rifles (C Squadron)

Franklin died of Enteric Fever on 20th May, 1900 at Bloemfontein

He was awarded the Queens South Africa Medal with 2 clasps

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See links for details of siblings who also served in the Boer War - 5 of his brothers served in the Boer War

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