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Cenotaph record

Leslie Albert Child

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leslie Albert AWMM
  • Surname
    Child AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    NZ12175 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    NZ12175 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
  • 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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Leslie Child served in the Royal Navy and the Royal New Zealand Navy. He died suddenly on the way home from visiting his family in England.

    Cenotaph database record compiled from information in the Death Notice AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    8 June 1999 AWMM
    Age 74 AWMM
    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
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  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, Saturday 12 June 1999 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, Saturday 12 June 1999 AWMM

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