William
Charles
Leach
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Dan Leach
and Alice Martha (Wise) Leach
Brother of
Emma Elizabeth (Leach) Taylor, Ada Berry (Leach) Mann, Ethel Annie (Leach) Ritchie, Clara Jessie (Leach) Calvert, John George Charles Leach, Alice Leach and Leonard Stanley Leach
Husband of
Mary Francis (Collins) Leach
— married
1920 in New Zealand
Father of
Frances Alice Bridget Leach and Berry Nora (Leach) Newman
Died
at about age 81
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 14 May 2016
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Biography
William was born in 1897. William is the child of Robert Leach and Alice Wise. [1]
Married Mary Collins, a young Irish girl in Wellington.
Wiiliam served in WW1. Served in Egypt and Western Europe for 4 years. A private in the 9th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company, NZEF. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Before the war he worked as a gas fitter for Gas Co in Masterton. Lived at Ramati Road, Paraparaumu.
Sources
- ↑ A source for this information is needed.
- https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
- Marriage Certificate NZBDM: 1920/4446 Mary Francis Collins - William Charles Leach
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
Russell Thorne
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