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Cenotaph record

Leonard Delabere Bestall

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 28), Page: 27 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 28), Page: 27 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leonard Delabere AWMM
  • Surname
    Bestall AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 3/2088 AWMM
    • WWII 71840 AWMM
    • WWII 1537 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 21 November 1895 AWMM
    • 21 November 1895 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    21st November 1895 Public - Nicola - Researcher - 20 July 2016 - Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi
  • Place of birth
    Wellington, New Zealand Public - Nicola - Researcher - 20 July 2016 - Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Priestley Road, Napier Public - Nicola - Researcher - 20 July 2016 - Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi
  • Post war occupation
    Architect
    Drapery worker in family business - 'Bestalls' Public - Nicola - Researcher - 20 July 2016 - Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 R. Bestall (father), Priestley Road, Napier, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Architect/Civilian AWMM
  • 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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    Mar 1959 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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Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
18 March 2018FayNapierResearcher
14 September 2016NicolaNapierResearcher
20 July 2016NicolaNapier, New ZealandResearcher

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