Leon Finlayson

Forenames

Leon AWMM

Surname

Finlayson AWMM

Also known as

Edward Leon Finlayson

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Service number

WWI 12/2695 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Mangapai, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Cross (mother), Kamo, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Aug 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/2695 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
  London Gazette 28 December 1917, p13575 Mentioned in Field Marshall D. Haig's despatch of 17 November 1917 for distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty during the period February 26th to midnight September 20-21st, 1917. AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Aug 1915-19 Sep 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 27 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 6th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Death

7 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XXV. C. 20. AWMM

Memorial name

• Roll of Honour, Northern Wairoa RSA, Dargaville AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Whangarei & Districts Memorial, located in the Laurie Hall Park, Whangarei
  Public - Sandra - Researcher - 10 December 2018 - Memorial search

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21002856
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Casualty form.
  http://web.archive.org/web/20180129035740/http://www.archives.govt.nz/exhibitions/passchendaele/view?pid=archives:12648
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Casualty form.
  http://web.archive.org/web/20180129035740/http://www.archives.govt.nz/exhibitions/passchendaele/view?pid=archives:12648
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/433135/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/433135
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Museum Profile
  https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/286
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 230
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• The Magazine Of The Sixth Reinforcements NZEF : published at sea on 28th August & 11th September, 1915