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Leitch Street
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| Name |
Leitch |
| Type Designation |
Street |
| Place Id |
24642 |
| Place Type |
Road |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
30 September 2014 |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Muirhead |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Darwin City Council |
| History/Origin |
Named in commemoration of Corporal Douglas Leitch, who was amongst a number of men to sign a petition to the Northern Territory Administrator which sought the Administrator's influence in securing enlistment for the signatories with one of the earliest contingents to leave Australia. Corporal Leitch enlisted in Tasmania in 1915. He was wounded in action in 1916 and again in 1917. He died on 4 May 1919 from pulmonary tuberculosis and was buried in the Cowley Churchyard Middlesex, England. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 30/09/2014 |
|
Date added to the Register |
| 15/10/2014 |
NTG G41 |
Date Gazetted |
| 08/07/2015 |
NTG G27 |
Extension - Date Gazetted |
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