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Leonard Walmsley

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Headstone of Pte Leonard WALMSLEY. Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 110, Plot 115. Image kindly provided by Allan Steel, CC-BY-4.0.

Headstone of Pte Leonard WALMSLEY. Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 110, …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leonard AWMM
  • Surname
    Walmsley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    len AWMM
  • Service number
    7372 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
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Civilian life

About birth

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

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    7372 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW2 Private AWMM

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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    Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
    Septic poisoning from a boil AWMM

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Gilbert Leonard and Harriet Walmsley, of Dunedin, Otago; husband of Elaine Walmsley, of Green Island, Dunedin.

    Home on final leave and only married for one week, Len Walmsley fell ill just as he was to return to camp after his honeymoon. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    • 30 December 1939 AWMM
      Age 27 AWMM
      Dunedin, Otago AWMM
    • 30 December 1939 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 27 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Sickness AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Andersons Bay Cemetery, Tomahawk Road, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM Block 110 Plot 115 AWMM
    • Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 110, Plot 115 AWMM
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