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Australians
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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.
| Surname | | LEETCH |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Frederick William |
| Regimental Number | | 286 |
| Rank | | Corporal |
| Unit Name | | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: Acting Sergeant 5.1.1902.
Fogg: LEITCH FW prisoner of war at Mokari Drift.
B5172: next of kin in Samarai New Guinea.
URL2: died age 28 at Samarai New Guinea in 1903.
URL3: SERGEANTS' WELCOME HOME. There was a time of unalloyed pleasure at the Sergeants' Institute, Treasury Chambers, on Saturday evening last [3.5.1902], when the members assembled in strong force to extend a welcome-home to their fellow non- commissioned officers of the Fifth Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Quartermaster Sergeant EDE occupied the Chair in the unavoidable absence of the Garrison Sergeant-major CHALMERS, and the visitors of the Fifth Contingent present included Lieutenant LOYNES, Sergeant-major PRICE (warrant officer), Sergeant-major BYRNES, Quartermaster-sergeant GOODE, Sergeant majors WILLIAMS, KNYVETT, BOWMAN and Sergeants NAYLOR, COLLINS, LEETCH, CB and AB CORBETT, LACEY, AYSCOUGH, FERGUSON, MARSH, HINTON and ARMSTRONG.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 499
Fogg: 5th Contingent Qld. Imperial Bushmen in South Africa 1901-02 page(s) 10
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 21.3.1903
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 5.5.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21810795 | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19193890 |
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