condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Leslie Alfred Carr

-
Lay a poppy
Portrait - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leslie Alfred AWMM
  • Surname
    Carr AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    28962 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    14 November 1906 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 9 October 1940 AWMM Waimatenui, Rural Delivery, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Eileen Carr (wife), Waimatenui, Rural Delivery, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 8 November 1940 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    North Africa AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    28962 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 9 October 1940 AWMM
    Age 34 AWMM
    Painter AWMM
    Kaikohe, Northland AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

Contribute ›

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Son of Matthew Carr, and of Edith Carr (nee Cornes), of Waimatenui, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Eileen Kathleen Carr, of Waimatenui.

    8 November 1940. The First Section of the 4th Reinforcements of 2 NZEF (83 officers and 1404 other ranks) embarked at Wellington for the Middle East in Batory and Maunganui.The troops transferred to the Orion at Sydney and arrived at Port Tewfik on 16 December 1940. From 'CHRONOLOGY New Zealand in the War 1939-1946' compiled by Robin Kay, 1968. AWMM
Read more

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    17 July 1942 AWMM
    Age 36 AWMM
    Egypt, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM I. A. 14. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name
    Kaikohe War Memorial Hall, Memorial Drive Kaikohe Far North AWMM

Roll of Honour

Remember Leslie Alfred Carr by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Leslie Alfred Carr

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2092866
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.76 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.