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Haigslea is a suburb split between the Somerset Region and the City of Ipswich in South East Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 414.

The suburb is named after General Douglas Haig. He served in India in 1887. He was appointed as the regiment’s adjutant in 1888, and appointed as Commander-in-chief of the British Army in France from 1915 to 1918. The area was named Kirchheim, but was renamed Haigslea due to anti-German sentiment during the First World War.

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