LEACH S.G.

Given Names:  Sydney Gilbert

Service Number:  2710

Unit:  60th Battalion, 6th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

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Age:  27 Yrs  2 Mths

Occupation:  Tailor                                                                                                        

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Congregational

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  2 In                     

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  33-35½ In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Dark

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  15/3/1916

Place:  Prahran

Next of Kin:  FATHER  John Benjamin Leach

189 Wills Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                           

Embarkation Date:  2/10/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Nestor A71

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Leicestershire                                  

Embarked:  3/5/1919                                 

Disembarked:  21/6/1919

Unit:  59th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  29/7/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  56508

Victory Medal:  55143

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1889

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  John Benjamin LEACH               

Mother:  Ellen LING

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 1965                                 

Place: Castlemaine, Victoria                    

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Kew Independent Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS