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James Muir LECKIE

Regimental number828
Place of birthWest Wallsend, New South Wales
SchoolSuperior Public School, West Wallsend, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBaker
AddressWest Wallsend, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Alexander Leckie, Teralba Road, West Wallsend, New South Wales
Enlistment date19 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll9 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name34th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/51/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 2 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 23 July 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death22
Place of burialMessines Ridge British Cemetery (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 48), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
124
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Mary LECKIE, 75-77 Pittwater Road, Manly, New South Wales. Native of West Wallsend, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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