ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

LEITCH, Dugald

LEITCH, Dugald

Full Name: Dugald

LEITCH

Date of Birth: 07

–

1870

Place of birth: Loch Gilphead

Scotland

Occupation: Orchardist

Address: Harvey WA

Next of Kin: Daughter- Elsie Doreen Leitch

Next of Kin Address: Harvey WA

Religion: Presbyterean

Service Number: 3083

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 11th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1915-06-23

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

Western Australia

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1915-10-13

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Disembarkation Date: 1915-11-06

Locations Served:

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Returned: Yes

Discharge Date: 1917-09-10

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Date of Death:

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Age at Death: 96

Burial Location: Harvey WA Old Cemetery – Grave No. 39-9

23/06/1915- To 15 Depot as Private
1/07/1915- To 11th Battalion 10th Reinforcements
7/01/1916- Joined Battalion in the field Tel-el-Kebir Egypt
5/04/1916- Disembarked Marseilles France ex Alexandria Egypt
22/07/1916- Wounded in Action France ( Gunshot Wound Right Thigh ) ex 1st Australian Field Ambulance ex 44th Casualty Clearing Station
26/07/1916- Admitted No. 1 Stationary Hospital Rouen France ( Fractured Femur- Dangerously Ill )
13/08/1916- Evacuated/Admitted 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth England ( Right Leg Amputated )
17/10/1916- Transferred Western Hospital Fulham England
24/11/1916- To No. 3 Aux Hospital Dartford England
4/05/1917- Embarked Devonport for Australia per ” Themistocles ”
24/06/1917- Disembarked Fremantle
10/09/1917- Discharged from Service ( Medically Unfit )

 

Thanks to Frank CADDY for the following information : –

” Dugald Leitch died on 15th May 1966, just short of his 97th Birthday.  He is also honoured in Cowleys Creek, Victoria as a local hero. “