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Leslie May

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3/4 length portrait of Lieutenant Leslie May (4/1230) Detail. Main Body, New Zealand Tunnelling Company (wounded). May, Stan. Materials relating to service in World War II. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-93/157. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

3/4 length portrait of Lieutenant Leslie May (4/1230) Detail. Main Body, New Zealand Tunnelling Comp …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leslie AWMM
  • Surname
    May AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 4/1230 AWMM
    • WWII 803137 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 January 1891 Military Personnel file
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Ohakune, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Nellie Frances May (wife), Ohakune, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 18 December 1915 AWMM Married AWMM
    Mrs Nellie Frances May AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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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
    Jun 1916 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
    Mine explosion at Arras. He was unconscious for some hours and paralysed till the next morning. He was boarded at Hornchurch 21 July 1916 and the opinion of the Board then was that he could do light duty in two weeks but the symptoms have not improved as quickly as was anticipated (Military Personnel File). AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked with the Main Body, Section No.3.

    Captain in the NZEF for four years. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 April 1962 Military Personnel file
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  • 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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  • I think of my Uncle Leslie May frequently. I always enjoyed his presence and intellect when in his company. Fishing with him in my chldhood and youth: traveling with him and my Aunt Nellie on the many trips he made as a public works engineer in the North Island. Always journeys of learning and the disciplines of discovering knowledge.

    I always knew he suffered great trauma in the wars and as I reflect on this and family his wisdom Is sorely missed.

    Public - Marian - 10 July 2023
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