Roy John Leslie

Forenames

Roy John AWMM

Surname

Leslie AWMM

Service number

WWI 2/577 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Lynton Avenue, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs D. Leslie, Lynton Avenue, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 2/577 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 7 or HMNZT 10 AWMM Vessel was Arawa or Limerick AWMM Driver/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
gunshot wound to chest and pulmonary tuberculosis. AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM

Roy Leslie was the son of David Kirkwood Anderson and Rose Ann Leslie, of "Tahiti," Lynton Avenue, Auckland, New Zealand. Born at Hawera, New Zealand.

His brother, James Leslie (14444), also died in World War 1.

A commemorative ceremony has been held each Anzac Day from about 2005 with New Zealand's Honorary Consulate, Australian Consulate and the French Armed Forces.

Next of Kin: Mr R. A Leslie Lynton Ave, Onehunga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

5 Sept 1917 Military Personnel file
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Tiperui Communal Cemetery, Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands AWMM Mil. Allotment. Row 1. Block 5. Grave 164. AWMM

Memorial name

• Onehunga War Memorial Swimming Pool, Jellicoe Park (off Quadrant Road), Park Gardens, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Onehunga Arch of Remembrance, Jellicoe Park (off Quadrant Road), Park Gardens, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Mt Roskill War Memorial, War Memorial Park, 13 May Road, Mt Roskill, Auckland AWMM
• Onehunga Returned and Services Association, 57 Princes Street, Onehunga, Auckland AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10919125
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage. War Memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/mt-roskill-war-memorial-park
  Further Reference
• Onehunga War Memorial and Book of Honour Index
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/OHB063/searchonehunga.htm
  Further Reference
• Marty Sharpe, 'Anzac Day: The obscure foreign fields that are forever Kiwi', www.stuff.co.nz
  https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/last-post-first-light/111894838/anzac-day-the-obscure-foreign-fields-that-are-forever-kiwi
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/644135/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/644135
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 414
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Information kindly provided by family
• 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. 5: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
• Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• HMNZT 7. The gunner : the official journal of H.M.N.Z.T. no. 7, conveying artillery and infantry to the front. (1914). At sea ; Albany ; Indian Ocean: [Troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. no. 7].