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LEIGH, Edward Leo
(Service number 47344)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	09/04/1889	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Craigie Avenue, Timaru
Occupation	Coachsmith
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Ellen LEIGH (mother), Craigie Avenue, Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	26th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	9 June 1917
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

Date	21 June 1948	Age	60 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 99, Plot 445
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Edward Leo Leigh was the younger son of James Thomas and Ellen (née O'Shea) Leigh. He returned to New Zealand on the Maunganui in June 1919. Edward married Annie Sullivan in 1923.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 March 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) 17 March 2018]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [18 March 2018]Timaru Herald, 16 June 1919 (Papers Past) [17 March 2018]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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