James Alexander Leslie

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

James Alexander AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Leslie AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 14444 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Uri kiritahi

WW1 D.K.A. Leslie (father), Lynton Avenue, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 14444 AWMM

Te urunga

WW1 Unknown AWMM Student/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 26 Jun 1916-22 Aug 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 57 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti AWMM Private AWMM 14th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
He had over 80 Minenwerfer shell fragments embedded in his body from a shell explosion. Information from Greg G. M. Mitchell, who was wounded at the same time. AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

James Leslie was the son of David K. A. Leslie, of Auckland, New Zealand.

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

His brother, Roy Leslie (2/577), also died in World War 1.

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

Matenga

16 Nov 1916 AWMM
Age  18 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Died of wounds AWMM

Urupā

Estaires Communal Cemetery, Nord, France AWMM III. I. 14. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. 1917. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
• 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

Mea e whai hononga ai

Tangata Ope Tauā

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10919106
  Further Reference
• The New Zealand Heritage List. War Memorial, Auckland Grammar School, Mountain Road, Epsom, Auckland.
  http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4472
  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
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/268301/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/268301
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• Unpublished papers: family papers.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  34: 4
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Obitaury: 1917, Second term. pp.16-17
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• 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.
• Sloane, K. (2014) Living With High Explosives, The 1st NZ Light Trench Mortar Battery, 1916-1918.
  Public - Keith - Researcher - 11 March 2015 - Military History