Forenames

Leigh Ford AWMM

Surname

Smith AWMM

Service number

WWI 24070 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

3 Feb 1878 Kiwi Jocks Research
Burnbrae, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire AWMM

Next of kin

Mr John Smith (father), C/o Mr Alexander, Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Battle of Messines AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 24070 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 27 May 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 54 or HMNZT 55 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 13th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, of Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: c/o Mr Alexander, Manurewa, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

21 Feb 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France AWMM IV. E. 6. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7819120
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/597258/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/597258
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  33: 7
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010.
• 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.