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Name	William Leggett
Born	26 January, 1891 Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia
Died	14 October, 1914 (aged 23) Belgium
Cause of Death	killed in action
Related Entries	[View as tree] Leggett, Caroline Julia (mother) Leggett, Barbara (grandmother) Twyman, Julia (grandmother) Leggatt, Ephraim (grandfather) Twyman, Thomas Doughton (grandfather)
Education *	Goulburn Public School (Bourke St, Goulburn, NSW) (student) Goulburn Technical College (NSW) (student)
Occupation or Descriptor *	defence forces personnel (British) (1912-1914) Overseas
Military Service *	World War I (British soldier)
Workplaces *	Crown Open Air Theatre (Surry Hills, Sydney) (projectionist) First Battle of Ypres (1914) (British soldier) Goulburn Technical Museum (NSW) (attendant)

* Dates are approximate

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