Book of Remembrance entry
LEGGE, GEORGE FERGUSON. 1916.
M.C.E.G.S. and St. Paul's School, London; 2nd year Engineering.
2.2.18, Pte. 1st G.S. rfts.; sailed 21.3.18; France, to 22nd Btn., 18.8.18; served as machine gunner.
During the last battle of the Australian Infantry in France he was wounded while with a Lewis gun team, and was afterwards killed by a bullet through the head on 4th October 1918 while bandaging another man, near Geneve, between Beaurevoir and Montbrehain.
M.C.E.G.S. and St. Paul's School, London; 2nd year Engineering.
2.2.18, Pte. 1st G.S. rfts.; sailed 21.3.18; France, to 22nd Btn., 18.8.18; served as machine gunner.
During the last battle of the Australian Infantry in France he was wounded while with a Lewis gun team, and was afterwards killed by a bullet through the head on 4th October 1918 while bandaging another man, near Geneve, between Beaurevoir and Montbrehain.
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?Early education at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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?Early education at St Paul's School, London, England
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?Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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1918Military service as Private 2 February 1918
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1918Death in Geneve -- Picardy, France 4 October 1918
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