John Leslie Hartland

Forenames

John Leslie AWMM

Surname

Hartland AWMM

Service number

WWI 56592 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

1 Aug 1890 AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 J.F. Hartland (father), Ladies Mile, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 56592 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Aug 1917-02 Oct 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 91 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Private AWMM 29th Reinforcements E Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Attended King's College 1906 - 1907.

Member of the College Rifles Rugby Football Club

Son of John Ford Hartland and Francis H S Hartland of Remuera, Auckland

Next of Kin: Mrs F. H. S. Hartland, Remuera Rd, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

31 Mar 1918 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France AWMM II. H. 18. AWMM

Memorial name

• Roll of Honour, College Rifles, Rugby Union Football & Sports Club, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM
• St. Aidans Church, 5 Ascot Avenue, Remuera, Auckland 1050 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• College Rifles Park, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM
• King's College Memorial Chapel at King's College, Otahuhu, Auckland, World War 1 Roll of Honour.
  Public - King's College Archive - Researcher - 14 May 2026 - King's College Memorial Chapel

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16792553
  Further Reference
• World War I Roll of Honour for the Ōrākei Local Board area. Auckland Council. Retrieved October 2017.
  https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/about-auckland-council/how-auckland-council-works/local-boards/all-local-boards/orakei-local-board/Documents/world-war-roll-honour.pdf
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/35374/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/35374
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Included in the World War I Digital Roll of Honour for the Ōrākei Local Board area. The Ōrākei Local Board commissioned a World War I roll of honour for its area to commemorate the war’s centenary. The board welcomes additional information from the public on this project.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  70: 17
• King's College, Auckland. (1918). King's College, Auckland : the Great War, 1914-18. Auckland, N.Z.: The College.
• 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. 3: Includes portrait
• HMNZT 91. The short cut : being a souvenir of the wanderings of "A" Company, 29th Reinforcements, across the two great oceans : Christmas souvenir. [1917]. London: Printed by St. Clements Press.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• HMNZT 91 - The mokoian : being a record of the wanderings of the artillery, engineers, specialists, A & E Coys., N.Z.M.C. & Details of the 29th Reinforcement, N.Z.E.F./ Moore, W.W. (Walter William), editor. Jones, Anthony, editor. -- On board ship : Printed and published at sea : [1917]