Territory Stories

Robert Leck

Details:

Title

Robert Leck,

Name

Robert Leck,

Also known as

Leck, Robert,

Collection

Returned ANZACs, Territory ANZACs, First World War, 1914-1918,

Place of birth

Greenock (Scotland),

Place of enlistment

Darwin,

Date of enlistment

1918-03-13,

Age

19,

Occupation

Labourer,

Service

Australian Imperial Force,

Unit

9th Battalion, Queensland Reinforcement 3,

Rank

Private,

Service number

53249,

Next of kin

E. Leck - Father ; 14 Buck Temple, Hill Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland.,

Cultural heritage

Scottish,

History

Queensland Reinforcement 3 embarked from Sydney on board RMS 'Osterley' on 8 May 1918. Transferred to 9th Battalion and returned to Australia 23 September 1918.,

Subject

Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, History, World War, 1914-1918, Northern Territory, ANZAC,

Related links

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=8195130, http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1866242/, http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page.asp?p=1652803, http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/war_diaries/first_world_war/subclass.asp?levelID=1783, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8475888, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8470446, http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/war_diaries/first_world_war/subclass.asp?levelID=1783 [Unit War Diary], http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8470446 [Wrench, C. M. Campaigning with the fighting 9th (in and out of the line with the 9BN A.I.F.) 1914-1919 Brisbane : Boolarong Publications for 9th Battalions Association, 1985.], http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1866242/ [Embarkation Roll], http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page.asp?p=1652803 [Nominal Roll], http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8475888 [Harvey, Norman K. From Anzac to the Hindenburg Line : the history of the 9th Battalion, A.I.F. Uckfield, East Essex, U.K. : The Naval & Military Press in association with Imperial War Museum, 2009.], http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=8195130 [Service Record],

Parent handle

http://hdl.handle.net/10070/226345,