Leslie Gordon McKinstry

Forenames

Leslie Gordon AWMM

Surname

McKinstry AWMM

Service number

• WWI 12/3101 AWMM
• WWI 12/1301 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Birth

13 Aug 1895 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre Jun 1915 AWMM Sarsfield Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Lee McKinstry (father), 50A Sarsfield Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 12/3101 AWMM
• WWI 12/1301 AWMM

Military training

Trentham Military Camp AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 15 Jun 1915 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM
Railway signalman/Civilian AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of disease, cerebo- spinal meningitis AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sapper AWMM
New Zealand Training Unit, New Zealand Engineers AWMM

Death

29 Sept 1915 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Waikaraka Cemetery, 1 Alfred Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Area 1, Block K, Grave 77. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland Railway Station, Te Taou Crescent, Auckland 1010. AWMM
• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM
• St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, 65 Jervois Rd, Ponsonby, Auckland 1011 AWMM
• All Saints Church, 284 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby Auckland 1011 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10925751
  Further Reference
• The New Zealand Heritage List. War Memorial, Auckland Grammar School, Mountain Road, Epsom, Auckland.
  http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4472
  Further Reference

References

• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.