Service Details
Name:
 McMURDO
Given Name:
 LESLIE CLEGG
Initials:
 L C
Service No:
 4563
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Unit:
 31st Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1917-09-26
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Age:
 17
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, after the battle at Polygon Wood, whilst attending a wounded comrade, 200 yards out in "No Man's Land", shot though heart and left eye
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas and Beatrice McMurdo, of 602, Stamford Hill Road, Durban, South Africa. Born Stockton-on-Tees, England. A farm labourer. On Mansfield Road Boys School Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
 BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, POLYGON WOOD
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Grave Reference:
 XXIV. D. 7.

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