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Leonard Poulter Leary

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Portrait of Captain Leonard Poulter Leary, Archives New Zealand, ALZ 25044 2 / F1080 44. Image is subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Captain Leonard Poulter Leary, Archives New Zealand, ALZ 25044 2 / F1080 44. Image is su …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leonard Poulter AWMM
  • Surname
    Leary AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 1/365 AWMM
    • WWII 802335 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 March 1891 Military Personnel file
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Hadfield Hostel, Kelburn, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Queen's Counsel AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 Mrs Florence Corrigan, Sea View Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs Dorothy L Leary, (wife), 83 Seaview Road, Remuera AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • 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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • After serving in Samoa he later travelled to England and joined the British Army. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    11 April 1990 AWMM
    Age 99 AWMM
    Lake Rotoiti, Rotorua AWMM
  • 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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