Leo Edmondus Vanderplancke, 15, was born in Zwevezele, Belgium on 17th September, 1896. Leo was engaged in the carpentry trade despite his young age.

Leo Auguste and his sister Augusta were heading to Detroit, Michigan to visit relatives, then they would join their brother Jules and his wife Emilia in Fremont, Ohio.

The family boarded the Titanic in Southampton as third class passengers. Leo and Augusta held ticket number 345764, £18.

They all lost their lives in the sinking. None of their bodies, if recovered, were identified.