Leslie Henry Brett
I mate atu i te 22 Jul 1917
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 4/320 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Sapper AWMM New Zealand Engineers AWMM
- WW1 Flight Sub Lieutenant/Military AWMM Royal Naval Air Service, F Squadron AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Leslie Henry AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Brett AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- WWI 4/320 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
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- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- WW1 Pre 08 Aug 1914 AWMM Calliope Road, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- WW1 Arthur Roland Brett (father), Star Office, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 15 Aug 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- Samoa AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 4/320 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- Auckland Divisional Signal Corps from 1909 AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW1 08 Aug 1914 AWMM
Age 21 AWMM
Printer/Civilian AWMM - Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW1 14 Aug 1914-28 Aug 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 1 AWMM Vessel was Moeraki AWMM Sapper AWMM Field Engineers, Signalling Division AWMM Samoan Advance Party AWMM - WW1 Royal Naval Air Service AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
- WW1 14 Aug 1914-28 Aug 1914 AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 foot 8 inches AWMM - Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
164 pounds AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Blue AWMM - Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 23 Mar 1915 AWMM
Own request AWMM
Sapper AWMM
New Zealand Engineers AWMM - WW1 Flight Sub Lieutenant/Military AWMM
Royal Naval Air Service, F Squadron AWMM
- WW1 23 Mar 1915 AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Leslie Brett was the son of Arthur and Eva Brett of Shortland Street, Auckland, New Zealand.
He attended King's College and is commemorated in their Roll of Honour.
Member of the College Rifles Rugby Football Club
Remembered on the Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna.
Record compiled from NZ service record only.
Was part of Samoan Occupation Force 1914-1915 discharged from army March 1915. Joined RNAS 29/1/1916. After flying training joined No. 2 Wing based in Malta. While with F Squadron on Mudros killed flying a Sopwith Camel that spun in. Buried in East Mudros Military Cemetary age 24
Next of Kin: Mr A. R. Brett, "Star Office" Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 22 Jul 1917 AWMM
Age 24 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Killed on Active Service AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- East Mudros Military Cemetery, Lemnos, Greece AWMM III. G. 210 AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Roll of Honour, College Rifles, Rugby Union Football & Sports Club, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM
- Takapuna War Memorial, (ex RSA Roll, on a boulder), The Strand, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Roll of Honour, St Augustine's (Anglican) Church, Calliope Street, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Roll of Honour, Holy Trinity (Anglican) Church, 20 Church Street, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Takapuna Primary School, Anzac Street, Takapuna, Auckland AWMM
- College Rifles Park, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM
- WWI Roll of Honour, King's College Memorial Chapel at King's College, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand.Public - King's College Archive - Researcher - 5 May 2026 - King's College Memorial Chapel
Mea e whai hononga ai
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
http://www.cwgc.org
Sources Used - Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22278783
Further Reference - Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Takapuna War Memorial.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/takapuna-war-memorial
Further Reference - St Augustines (Anglican) Church, Calliope Street,Devonport, Auckland
http://www.holytrinity.gen.nz/Pages/StAugustine.htm
Further Reference - Parish of Devonport, Auckland, (Anglican), Holy Trinity and St Augustine's Churches
http://www.holytrinity.gen.nz/index.html
Further Reference - Takapuna War Memorial Index, Auckland Council Archives
http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/AUC193/searchtakapuna.htm
Further Reference - National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy. (n.d.). Roll of honour World War One.
https://navymuseum.co.nz/explore/by-themes/world-war-one/roll-of-honour/
Further Reference
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- Ngā tuhinga
- King's College, Auckland. (1918). King's College, Auckland : the Great War, 1914-18. Auckland, N.Z.: The College.
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 75 - Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
Martyn, E. (1998-2008). Vol 1, p. 43 - Allison, D. (2009). Flying Navy: The story of New Zealanders who flew in the Fleet Air Arm in World War I and World War II and the Roll of Honour of those who died in action and on active service. Auckland, N.Z.: Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand.
Allison, D. (2009). p. 64 - McFarland, Robert, Rober Duffus McFarland - Papers, 1914-1935, Auckland War Memorial Museum, MS-2015-22
- 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 - Wright, G. C. (2015). For king and country : the biographies of New Zealand’s WW1 naval casualties. [Auckland] : [Gerry Wright].
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