Leslie Malcolm Newlove
Born 18 Jun 1895 - Died 12 Oct 1917
- Service number
- WWI 31530 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Leslie Malcolm AWMM
- Surname
- Newlove AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 31530 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 18 Jun 1895 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
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- Address before enlistment
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- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs L.M. Newlove (wife), Takaka, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 15 Nov 1916 AWMM Married AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 31530 AWMM
- Military service
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 15 Nov 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 68 or HMNZT 69 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 19th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, WWI AWMM
5' 10" AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
140 lb AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Mary Ann Newlove, husband of Maud of Takaka, Nelson.
Three brothers were killed within a week : Leslie Malcolm (31530); Leonard Charles (33755), Edwin (40234)
Enlisted and posted to C Company, 19th Reinforcements, 24 July 1916. Transferred to Camp Details, Trentham Camp, Upper Hutt, 13 August 1916; transferred to Camp Details, Featherston Camp, Wairarapa, 2 September 1916; transferred to C Company, 19th Reinforcements, 4 September 1916.
Embarked onboard HMNZT 'Tahiti' in Wellington and proceeded overseas to England, 15 November 1916. Disembarked Devonport, England, marched in to Sling Camp and taken on strength Canterbury Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Reserve Group, 29 January 1917.
Proceeded overseas to France, 1 March 1917. Disembarked and attached to New Zealand Infantry and General Base Depot, Etaples, France, 3 March 1917. Joined 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment in the field and posted to 12th (Nelson) Company, 25 May 1917.
Reported missing, believed killed in action, 12 October 1917.
Court of Enquiry in to fate of Private Leslie Malcolm Newlove held in the field, 11 November 1917.
'On the morning of 12 October Private Newlove was with my section up until we reached about 50 yards from our jumping off trench. At this spot we met heavy machine gun fire. I missed Newlove at this spot. I saw no more of him.' Statement of 6/3245 Lance Corporal George James Henry BELL, 12 (Nelson) Company, 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, to Court of Enquiry, 11 November 1917. Statement corroborated by 26233 Private William Cheviot ADAMS, 12 (Nelson) Company, 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 11 November 1917.
'Missing, believed killed in action in the field, France, on 12 October 1917': Finding of Court of Enquiry, 11 November 1917.
Wife: Maud Myrtle Newlove, Takaka, Nelson AWMM
About death
- Death
- 12 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
Related objects
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21380063
Further Reference - The Newlove Family. New Zealand History online
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/newlove
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/847991/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/847991
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
45: 12 - The New Zealand Herald
Morris, Bruce, New Zealand Herald, 15 September 2007, 'Supreme sacrifice'. - NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- 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. 3: Includes portrait - The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
- Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
- Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
- HMNZT 69 - The oilsheet -- At sea : Printed and published on the high seas for the Committee by Corpl. Jas. Perry. : 1916-17
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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