Forenames

Leslie Wilfred AWMM

Surname

Basley AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/2519 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

4 Jan 1890

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Place of birth

NZ

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Birth notes

Son of George William & Frances Ann BASLEY

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Manukau Road, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

G.W. Basley (father), Solicitor, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Nov 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/2519 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Nov 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 35 or HMNZT 36 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Tofua AWMM Lance Sergeant/Military AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM 8th Reinforcements AWMM

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

Attended Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland). AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22273254
  Further Reference
• Auckland University College Roll of Honour.
  http://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/roll-of-honour/search?page=97
  Further Reference
• Auckland Mounted Rifles Club Honour Board Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/ACC219/searchrifles.htm
  Further Reference

References

• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 39
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1917, Second term. pp.36-37.
• A.U.C. roll of honour, 1914 - 1920. MSS & Archives E-2, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services.
• The kai-courier. Magazine of returning forces on board H.M.T. No. 230, 'Kaikoura'. Departing Suez on 6 March 1919.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.