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UNDERWOOD, Leo Clarence Horatius

Service Number:	929
Enlisted:	11 February 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Buln Buln, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Canterbury State School No 3572 Honour Roll, Canterbury State School War Memorial Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James Joseph Underwood and Helen Mary Underwood nee Bridger of Warbarton Road, East Camberwell, Victoria.

Brother of Charles Edward Underwood who returned to Australia on 22 September 1919 having served with the 5th Machine Gun Battalion and James Augustine Underwood who returned to Australia on 17 July 1919 having served with the 6 Field Artillery Brigade

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal