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Leonard Alfred Diamond

  • Service number
    WWI 11/721 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Darky Public - Andrew - Direct descendant - 8 September 2017 - Family oral history
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    • World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
    • South Africa War Public - Andrew - Direct descendant - 8 September 2017 - Family oral history
      Military Personnel File http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20996957
      Military Personnel File of his son Leonard Alfred Diamond (Second World War)
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Unknown, photographer (1915) Cruickshanks, Diamond, R. F-Smith, Pringle. Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, PH-ALB-238-p18-4

Unknown, photographer (1915) Cruickshanks, Diamond, R. F-Smith, Pringle. Auckland War Memorial Museu …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leonard Alfred AWMM
  • Surname
    Diamond AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Darky Public - Andrew - Direct descendant - 8 September 2017 - Family oral history
  • Service number
    WWI 11/721 AWMM
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Andrew - Direct descendant - 8 September 2017 - Family oral history
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Roman Catholic Public - Andrew - Direct descendant - 8 September 2017 - Military Personnel File http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20996957

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 September 1884 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    22 September 1884 Public - Andrew - Direct descendant - 8 September 2017 - Military Personnel File http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20996957
  • Place of birth
    Christchurch Public - Andrew - Direct descendant - 8 September 2017 - Military Personnel File http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20996957
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 75 Rintoul Street, Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr Mills, Presbyterian Orphanage, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Widowed AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    • World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
    • South Africa War Public - Andrew - Direct descendant - 8 September 2017 - Family oral history
      Military Personnel File http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20996957
      Military Personnel File of his son Leonard Alfred Diamond (Second World War)
  • Campaign
    Gallipoli, Egypt Public - Andrew - Direct descendant - 8 September 2017 - Military Personnel File http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20996957
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 11/721 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Trooper AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Motorman, Wellington City Council Public - Andrew - Direct descendant - 8 September 2017 - Military Personnel File http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20996957
  • 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
    Other, WWI AWMM
    Nature of injury: Duodenal ulcer Pension: [Not stated] Percent: 25 Source: New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R20996957
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 187 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% : compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent war pensions; and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) discharged hospital patients; assessed as suffering permanent disability, and who are whilst in hospital, receiving full pensions. New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
19 January 2018AndrewWellington, New ZealandOther relative

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