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Leonard Lawrence Beresford

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3/4 portrait of Corporal Leonard Lawrence Beresford, Reg No 31933, 13th reinforcements to 1st Battalion, - E Company, Auckland Infantry Regiment. Killed in action in France 7 Jun 1917. (Photographer: Herman Schmidt, 1916). Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 31-B2385. No known copyright.

3/4 portrait of Corporal Leonard Lawrence Beresford, Reg No 31933, 13th reinforcements to 1st Battal …

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leonard Lawrence AWMM
  • Surname
    Beresford AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 31933 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E.S. Beresford (mother), Meringa, Taringamotu, New Zealand AWMM
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Messines AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 31933 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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    WW1 Unknown AWMM Prison warder/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Leonard Beresford was the son of Walter Edwin and Edith Beresford, of Taringamotu, Hamilton, New Zealand

    New Zealand at the Front (a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page141.

    Next of Kin: Mr W. E. Beresford, Oruaiwi, Taumarunui (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    7 June 1917 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
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  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
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Memorials

Memorial

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    • Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      45: 23 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM
    • The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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05 December 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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