Leonard Matthews Tarrant

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Leonard Matthews AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Tarrant AWMM

Nama Hōia

South African 71 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Pono

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Pre 06 Oct 1899 AWMM Lower Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mr H. A. Tarrant, Lower Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 21 Oct 1900 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

South African 71 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

Coromandel Rifle Volunteer Corps AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

Queen's South Africa Medal AWMM

Te urunga

South Africa 06 Oct 1899 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM
Miner/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

South Africa Vessel was Waiwera AWMM Sergeant AWMM 1st New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1 Company AWMM 1st Contingent AWMM

Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito

31 Mar 1900 AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 8 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  8 stone 11 pounds AWMM
• Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died as a prisoner of War of enteric fever AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent AWMM

Matenga

15 Apr 1900 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Urupā

• Pretoria Cemetery, Transvaal, South Africa AWMM
• Pretoria Cemetery Sa AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 9 June 1900 AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Coromandel Roll of Honour, 1899-1902 AWMM
• Ranfurly Veterans' Home, 539 Mount Albert Road, Three Kings, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Coromandel War Memorial, in front of the Information Centre and old Courthouse, 355 Kapanga. Road, Coromandel town, Coromandel, New Zealand AWMM
• Nelson South African War Memorial, Queen's Garden, Nelson AWMM
• I don't think his name is on the Thames / Coromandel ABW Memorial ; to quote
  "The memorial displayed the name and country of origin of the fallen: Gunner Fred W.D. Forbes of the 5th New Zealand Contingent, Trooper William Donkin of the 7th New Zealand Contingent, and Trooper Robert Farquhar of H Squad, Brabant’s Horse."
  Public - Kevin - Researcher - 5 March 2021 - https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/thames-south-african-war-memorial

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20523727
  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
• Ranfurly Veterans' Home. Opening ceremony to-day. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 294, 10 December 1903, Page 5
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19031210.2.26&srpos
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Coromandel War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/coromandel-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• The Walter Calloway trail. pdf guide
  http://www.thecoromandelroadtrip.com/content/library/CALLAWAY_TRAIL_BROCHUREweb.pdf
  Further Reference
• I have written a book on his life
  Public - Gwyn - Researcher - 19 February 2024 - Happy to provide book in PDF format

Ngā tuhinga

• Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand.
  Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 1900 . H.6. Nominal Roll
• The New Zealand Herald
  Newspaper articles, New Zealand Herald, April 26 1900 and 15 June 1900.
• Stowers, R. (1992). Kiwi versus Boer : the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• Auckland Weekly News
  Auckland Weekly News 27.4.1900 p. 7 (Photo)
• The New Zealand Herald
  Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 9 June 1900
• St Clair Inglis, A. (c1902). Souvenir Album of the first New Zealand Contingent South African War. Auckland, N.Z.: Arthur Cleave & Co.
• "Tarrant Prisoner of War"
  Public - Gwyn - Researcher - 19 February 2024 - "Tarrant Prisoner of War" by G A Rees