In Memory Of
McMURDO, LESLIE CLEGG
Service Details
Age:
17
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
4563
Rank:
Private
Unit:
31st Bn.
Regiment:
Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Date of Death:
1917-09-26
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XXIV. D. 7.
Cemetery:
BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, POLYGON WOOD
Localitly:
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
Belgium
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
