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Douglas Norman McLeod

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Douglas Norman McLeod Memorial & Medal

Douglas Norman McLeod Memorial & Medal

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Douglas Norman AWMM
  • Surname
    McLeod AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 24263 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    15 March 1895 AWMM Dargaville, Northland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Mary Elizabeth McLeod (mother), South Road, Waipu, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 24263 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 13 August 1914 AWMM
    Age 19 AWMM
    Seaman AWMM
    England, United Kingdom AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Mary Elizabeth Burnett McLeod and Norman Alexander McLeod.

    Three brothers served in WW1 - two served with New Zealand forces: Murdoch McLeod (1/010) and Stuart McLeod (80884) and serving with the British force Douglas Norman McLeod (24263); in WW2 the younger son and brother William Robertson McLeod (5618) served.

    Douglas's service medals and memorial plaque are held in the Waipu Museum.

    Additional biographical information is available on file or at the Waipu Museum. AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    13 January 1916 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM II. D. 29A. AWMM
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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