Leonard Charles Argyle

Forenames

Leonard Charles AWMM

Surname

Argyle AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/1399A AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

• 31 Aug 1894 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• 31 Aug 1894 Public Source

Date of birth

31/08/1894

Public - RACHAEL ANN - Other Relative - 21 May 2015 - NZ Expeditionary Force Attestation.

Birth notes

Son of Henry & Alice ARGYLE

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 26 March 2025 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/250948770/len-argyle

Address before enlistment

• Unknown AWMM Bunnythorpe, New Zealand AWMM
• Reids Line, Bunnythorpe
  Public - RACHAEL ANN - Other Relative - 21 May 2015 - Military Personnel File, family history

Next of kin

Mrs H.J. Argyle (mother), Bunnythorpe, Manawatu, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/1399A AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Age on enlistment

20

Public - RACHAEL ANN - Other Relative - 21 May 2015 - NZ Expeditionary Force Medical History

Occupation before enlistment

Labourer on family farm at Bunnythorpe

Public - RACHAEL ANN - Other Relative - 21 May 2015 - NZ Expeditionary Force Attestation.

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 17 or HMNZT 18 or HMNZT 19 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima AWMM Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM 3rd Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 10.5" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  150 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM

Death

8 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22271547
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/679721/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/679721
  Further Reference

References

• Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 19
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.