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Leslie Alexander Godfrey

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 268 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 268 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leslie Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    Godfrey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 6/1236 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 June 1894 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Canterbury, New Zealand Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 14 Marion Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Compositor with the Evening Post, Wellington Public - Monica - 13 April 2015 - Karori Cemetery Record
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs H. Godfrey, Auckland Street, Picton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • Wounded at Gallipoli Public - Monica - 12 April 2015 - Military Personnel file
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6/1236 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 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    22 years Public - Monica - 12 April 2015 - Family papers

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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 2 May 1915.
    Wounded in action, Gallipoli, 9 May 1915, and admitted to HS 'Southland'; admitted to Intarfa Hospital, Malta,18 May 1915. Embarked on SS 'Scotian' for Alexandria, 14 June 1915; marched in to NZ Advanced Base Depot, Mustapha, 16 June 1915; embarked to rejoin unit at Gallipoli, 25 June 1915.
    Wounded in action and reported missing, 8 August 1915; subsequently reported killed in action.

    Parents: Thomas Henry and Mary Batchelor, Hilton, Temuka AWMM
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Death

About 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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Sources

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  • 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: 268 AWMM
    • NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM

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05 January 2017AllanRotoruaResearcher
13 April 2015MonicaOmokoroa, Bay of PlentyOther

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