David McLeish
Rank: Private
Service No: 1182
Date of Death: 6-9/10/1915
Theatre of Death: Gallipoli
Age: 34
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry (4th Bn.)
Cemetery: Johnston’s Jolly Cemetery
Additional information: Husband of Annie W McLeish, 29 Boomlands St, Paisley.
Australian Attestation information: Place of birth – Dunning; trade – stonemason; NOK – brother George McLeish, Livery Street, Bathgate.
1891 census information:
Address: Tron Square, Dunning.
Sister: Jane (15) assists at home, born about 1876 in Perth.
Sister: Agnes (11) born about 1880 in Dunning.
Self: David (9) born about 1882 in Dunning.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises Isabella 70 and David 29.
Newspaper transcript – Private David McLeish, of the 1st Australian Division Expeditionary Force, is reported killed. He resided at 95 Mill Street, Rutherglen, before leaving Scotland. He was a mason to trade. He was a brother of Mrs Kerr, Mill Street, Rutherglen. Who has one son killed and another wounded.
Uncle of Hugh Kerr.