DescriptionNo. 247, Private Leigh of 31st Battalion, AIF, was killed at the Battle of Fromelles in France on 20 July, 1916. Arthur was born at Landsborough (or Caloundra) on 28 August, 1892. His parents were Henry Thomas Leigh and Elizabeth White (nee McNeill). He was the eldest of eleven children. Arthur was a tradesman fitter at the Ipswich Railway Workshops before embarking at Brisbane on HMAT 'Wandilla' on 9 November 1915. He then went from Alexandria on HMAT 'Hororata' for Marseilles, where he disembarked on 23 June, 1916. Arthur's name is on the wall at Fromelles, V. C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial. On 19 July 2010, there was a dedication service for the new Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery.
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