Herbert Victor LEGGO

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Service Number:	487
Enlisted:	17 January 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Boiler Maker
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

17 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 487, 25th Infantry Battalion
29 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 487, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 487, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane

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His true name is Herbert Victor Leggo. He was a Gallipoli veteran and was only 19 years old when he was killed.

Brothers

7 Corporal George Edward LEGGO 5th Divisional Signal Company AIF returned to Australia 13 February 1917.

244 Private Arthur Richard LEGGO 5th Battalion AIF returned to Australia 20 October 1918.

6388 Stoker Charles Leonard Leggo R.A.N.

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