John Dunstan Lawley Leech

Forenames

John Dunstan Lawley AWMM

Surname

Leech AWMM

Also known as

John Dunstan Lawlor Leech AWMM

Service number

• 2262 AWMM
• 12/1135 AWMM
• 12/1155 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

28 Sept 1879 AWMM

Place of birth

Born in Reefton, West Coast, South Island, not Kaipara Northland.

Public - Jo-Anne - Other relative - 20 April 2016 - Family Records. NZBDM record

Address before enlistment

• Pre 27 Mar 1900 AWMM Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Defence Office, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• William Haydon Leech, Photographer, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Sophia Leech (wife), C/o Messrs. H. Smith and Co.,Te Whaka, Lyttelton, New Zealand AWMM
• Wife Sophia Leech died in Christchurch in Oct 1915.
  Public - Jo-Anne - Other relative - 20 April 2016 - Newspapers and family records and Death cert

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Married AWMM
• Married 1907 in Lyttleton, Christchurch.
  Public - Jo-Anne - Other relative - 20 April 2016 - Marriage record and family records

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• Regular Military Service AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

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

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• 2262 AWMM
• 12/1135 AWMM
• 12/1155 AWMM

Military service

• Reefton Rifles, 9 months AWMM
• 4th (Waikato) Sqaudron AWMM
• Royal New Zealand Artillery AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

• South Africa 27 Mar 1900 AWMM
  Age  23 AWMM
  Soldier/Military AWMM
• WW1 Unknown AWMM

Occupation before enlistment

Regular Soldier

Public - Jo-Anne - Other relative - 20 April 2016 - Remained in service from Boer War

Embarkation details

• South Africa Private AWMM 12 Company AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 5th Contingent (New Zealand Imperial Bushmen) AWMM
• WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
  HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Waimana AWMM Sergeant AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 2nd Reinforcements AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 8 inches AWMM
• Medical, Pre WWI AWMM
  1909 tubercular, sent to Cambridge Sanitorium AWMM
• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

• South Africa 18 Oct 1902 AWMM
  End of Anglo Boer War AWMM
  Private AWMM
  New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 5th Contingent (New Zealand Imperial Bushmen) AWMM
• WW1 Company Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer Class 2)/Military AWMM
  Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of William Haydon Leech and Paulena Constance Leech; husband of Sophia (nee Crawford) Leech. Of Reefton, Greymouth, New Zealand

Attended school in Reefton

Incorrectly listed on the Nominal Roll as John Dunstan Lawlor Leech.

Father was named William Haydon Leech.

Next of Kin: Mr E. W. H. Leech Lascelles St HAstings (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

19 May 1915 AWMM
Age  36 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Helles, Turkey AWMM Special Memorial C. 303. AWMM

Memorial name

• Hamilton Memorial Park, Memorial Drive, Hamilton East, 3216 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Huntly War Memorial Community Centre, 33 Wight Street, Huntly, Waikato AWMM

Related objects

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/R20521404
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference

References

• Stowers, R. (2002). Rough Riders at War: history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902 and information on all members of the ten New Zealand contingents. Author: Hamilton, N.Z.
• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 412
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.