Leslie George Arnold
Born 17 Apr 1888 - Died 10 Aug 1917
- Service number
- WWI 6/1233 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Sergeant/Military AWMM Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Leslie George AWMM
- Surname
- Arnold AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 6/1233 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 17 Apr 1888 AWMM
- Date of birth
- 17 April 1888Public - Peter - Researcher - 13 October 2017 - Military records
- Place of birth
- Kohatu, Nelson NZPublic - Peter - Researcher - 13 October 2017 - Military records
- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Manunui, New Zealand AWMM
- Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs Emma Arnold, Inangahua Junction, New Zealand AWMM
- Mrs Emma Arnold (mother), Buller Road, Inangahua Junction, Westport, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Dec 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
- Pre 15 Nov 1916 AWMM Unknown Marital Status AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 6/1233 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
- 1914-1915 Star AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Unknown/Civilian AWMM
- WW1 Contractor/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 14 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 13 or HMNZT 14 or HMNZT 15 AWMM Vessel was Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter AWMM Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM 2nd Reinforcements AWMM - WW1 15 Nov 1916-30 Jan 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 68 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Sergeant AWMM 10th Reinforcements, 4th Battalion, H Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
- WW1 14 Dec 1914 AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 10 Aug 1917 AWMM Sergeant/Military AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Leslie Arnold was the son of Arthur and Emma Arnold, of Nelson, New Zealand.
SuppNom: Ex 2nd Reinforcements.
Next of Kin: Mrs E. Arnold, Inangahua Junct, Westprt. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM - Brother of :
(1) Private Francis Pheney Arnold (1890-1955) : NZEF Service # 48135; Canterbury Infantry Regiment; 2nd Battalion; Specialists Company, Machine-Gun Section, 27th Reinforcements, NZEF. Served France. Survived war service & returned to New Zealand 1919. Died - 13 August 1955 - at Nelson.
Also brother of (2) Trooper Harry Arthur Arnold (1894-1946) : NZEF Service # 7/1186; Trooper, Canterbury Mounted Rifles Brigade, 6th Reinforcements, NZEF. Served Egypt (1915-1916-1917 & 1918). Survived war service and returned to New Zealand 1919. Died - 1 March 1946 - at Hokitika, Westland.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 5 June 2017 - Military Files of Private Francis P. Arnold & Trooper Harry A. Arnold : Auckland Cenotaph.
- Leslie Arnold was the son of Arthur and Emma Arnold, of Nelson, New Zealand.
About death
- Death
- 10 Aug 1917 AWMM
Age 29 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM I. AA. 1. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Memorials at Westport and Reefton NZPublic - Peter - Researcher - 13 October 2017 - NZ History website images
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22271080
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/447960/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/447960
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 20 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
45: 31 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 2: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
- HMNZT 69 - The oilsheet -- At sea : Printed and published on the high seas for the Committee by Corpl. Jas. Perry. : 1916-17
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