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Leslie Alexander Gilmore

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leslie Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    Gilmore AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Les Gilmore AWMM
  • Service number
    62975 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    11 August 1916 AWMM Dublin, Ireland (Eire) AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 17 December 1940 AWMM 282 Church Street West, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr A. Gilmore (father), 282 Church Street West, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1 April 1941 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    62975 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Papakura Army camp (entered camp 25 January 1941) AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 17 December 1940 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Shop assistant/Civilian AWMM
    Timaru, Canterbury AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      Libya, North Africa AWMM
      22 November 1941 AWMM
      Les was wounded in action at Sidi Rezegh on 22 November 1941. He was treated at an Allied dressing station which was then overrun by Axis Forces. Les was subsequently made a POW. His family received a cable from Rome sometime later confirming this. AWMM
    • WW2 POW - P.G. 66, Capu, Italy AWMM
      PM3450 - 25 March 1942 - Chiavani AWMM
    • WW2
      PM3200 - 23 December 1942 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland AWMM
      5 January 1944 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Dulag VIII-A, Gorlitz, Germany AWMM
      Teschen, Germany, 29 August 1944 AWMM
    • WW2
      This preceded the Long March. AWMM
    • WW2
      2 January 1942 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Salonike, Greece - VIII-B Lamsdorf, Germany 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
    • WW2 POW - P.G. 57, Gruppignano, Udine, Italy Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
      Italy, Europe Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
    WW2 Allies (arrived UK 12 May 1945) AWMM
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 33166 AWMM

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Black AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Dark AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      6 feet 2 inches AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Hospitalised from 21 August 1945 to 5 September 1945 AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Returned to New Zealand ill, and placed on sick leave, then LWOP until discharge AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • All 3 Gilmore brothers fought in the War. Bob the eldest (21501, 21st Battalion); Les ( 62975, 21st Battalion); and the youngest brother Bill (7309, 27th Machine Gun Battalion).

    Les wrote on his Attestation Form that he would have preferred to join a Machine Gun Company (his younger brother Bill (7309) was already serving with the 27th Machine Gun Battalion). Instead he was placed in the 21st Battalion where his elder brother Bob (21501) was serving. By the time he arrived in Maadi, Les would have heard that Bob was missing, believed killed in Greece. Later that same year (between 22 November 1941 and 2 January 1942), Les was wounded and taken Prisoner of War. AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 2001 AWMM
      Age 85 AWMM
      New Zealand AWMM
    • 7 June 2001 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 84 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Greenpark RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 4A, Plot 43 AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.130 AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM

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