Francis Leger
Born 26 Dec 1895
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- WWI 16/1336 AWMM
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- Army AWMM
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- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
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- Francis AWMM
- Surname
- Leger AWMM
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- WWI 16/1336 AWMM
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- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Images
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About birth
- Birth
- 26 Dec 1895 AWMM
- Date of birth
- 26th December 1895Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 October 2024 - Military record
- Place of birth
- TongaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 October 2024 - Military record
- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- 129 Wellington Street, AucklandPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 October 2024 - Military record
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- Next of kin
- Kate Leger (aunt), 129 Wellington Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mrs Kate Leger (aunt), 129 Wellington Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
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Wars and conflicts
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- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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- Army AWMM
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- WWI 16/1336 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment
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Embarkations
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- WW1 05 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 42 or HMNZT 43 or HMNZT 44 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua AWMM Private AWMM Rarotongans, Attached B Company AWMM 3rd Maori Contingent AWMM - WW1 11 Oct 1916-28 Dec 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 67 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 9th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
- WW1 05 Feb 1916 AWMM
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Biographical information
- Of Tongan descent. His brother Sergeant Baisley Leger also served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
SuppNom: Ex 3rd Maori Contingent.
Employed as a seaman with Union Steam Ship Co Ltd when he enlisted 23 November1915. Disembarked from SS Navua at Suez 15 March 1916 and embarked for France with the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 9 April 1916. Apparently identified as a Niuean as he was transferred to England with this contingent and disembarked from SS Arawa in New Zealand 14 July 1916. He reported for duty at Narrow Neck Camp 25 September 1916 and then embarked at Auckland on SS Tofua 14 October 1916 to arrive in Plymouth, United Kingdom 29 December 1916. He left for France 1 February 1918 and arrived in the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 28 March 1917. He was transferred from New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 14 January 1918 to Egypt sailing from France 21 January 1918 and joined the Rarotongan Company 5 March 1918. He was admitted to 44th Stationary Hospital 31 July 1918 with malaria and rejoined the Rarotongan Company 20 September 1918. Returned on SS Malta however became ill en route and was off-loaded for medical treatment at Fremantle, Australia, in January 1919. Arrived in New Zealand May 1919 and returned to Tonga. He suffered 10 further outbreaks of malaria and returned to New Zealand for treatment. Admitted to the Narrow Neck Military Hospital, Auckland 10 December 1919 for treatment for malaria that he had contracted in Palestine. He was discharged for hospital 3 February 1920 and given a 50% pension for 3 months. Served in the Tongan Defence Force in WWII. AWMM - Francis Leger was a seaman, born in 1898, the brother of Baisley Leger. He served in France in the Pioneer Battalion. He returned to Tonga and married Meleane Fatafehi. He died in Vava’u in 1967 and listed on the Tongan War MemorialPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 October 2024 - https://kanivatonga.co.nz/2018/04/tongans-remember-volunteers-from-the-islands-who-served-in-first-world-war/
- Of Tongan descent. His brother Sergeant Baisley Leger also served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
About death
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Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10918838
Further Reference - Other military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20549053
Further Reference - NZ History: Leger Brothers
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/leger-brothers
Further Reference - Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
https://www.cookislandsonlinecenotaph.com/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
25: 3 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
43: 36 - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- HMNZT 67. Long Trail. (1916). On board ship:Published by the Right Wing of the 18th Reinforcements.
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