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Cenotaph record

Leslie Roy Graydon

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Headstone at Waikaraka Cemetery, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand (Image provided by John Halpin 2011) - CC BY John Halpin

Headstone at Waikaraka Cemetery, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand (Image provided by John Halpin 2011 …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leslie Roy AWMM
  • Surname
    Graydon AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 3/778 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Queen's Avenue, Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs Elizabeth Graydon (mother), Queen's Avenue, Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs Elizabeth Graydon (mother), Queen's Avenue, Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs E. Graydon (mother), Queen's Avenue, Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs E.J. Graydon (mother), 11 Queen's Avenue, Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 3/778 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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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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Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 February 1939 AWMM
    Age 44 AWMM
    New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikaraka Cemetery, 1 Alfred Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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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/R16788429
    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
      Vol1: 280 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      42: 2 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      61: 2 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      84: 4 AWMM

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