Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of 2880 Corporal William Thomas Leggett, 1st Life Guards, Corps of Household Cavalry, British Army. Collection consists of material relating to Leggett's pre-war employment in Goulburn and Sydney; and to his death at Poelcapelle in Belgium, while serving with a British Cavalry Regiment on 14 October 1914. Other papers relate to the disposal of his personal effects and his grave. Leggett was one of first Australian to be killed in action during the First World War. Added to the collection in November 2014 is a typed manuscript entitled 'Corporal William Thomas Leggett', written by Des Akers.
Details
Accession Number
PR90/057
Maker
William Thomas Leggett
Classification
Private Record
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1905-1929; 2006
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM371 90/0129
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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