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Leslie John Rattray

  • Service number
    WWI 17869 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Les Public - Glenda - Child - 19 March 2018 - Family papers
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 37), Page: 29 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 37), Page: 29 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leslie John AWMM
  • Surname
    Rattray AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Les Public - Glenda - Child - 19 March 2018 - Family papers
  • Service number
    WWI 17869 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 June 1892 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    20 June 1892 Public - Glenda - Child - 19 March 2018 - Family papers certificate
  • Place of birth
    Christchurch Public - Glenda - Child - 19 March 2018 - Family papers certificate
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    13 Victoria Square, CHCH and 159 Cambridge Tce, these addresses are the same place, a flat above a confectionary shop where father Alexander Rattray worked. Public - Glenda - Child - 19 March 2018 - Family File
  • Post war occupation
    Pastry Cook at Bush Inn Hotel Riccarton, Christchurch, Public - Glenda - Child - 19 March 2018 - Family papers and Elect roll 1928
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Alexander Rattray (father), 159 Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Married War Bride Agnes McKechnie from DUNDEE, Scotland Public - Glenda - Child - 19 March 2018 - Family papers certificate

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 17869 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Pastry cook/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

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  • Death
  • 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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  • Great Grandad, THANK YOU! Matt
    Public - Matthew - Direct descendant - 13 November 2015
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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/R20804284
    Further Reference
  • References
    • The ulima-roarer : a collection of wails & fishy stories, etc., from the Indian Ocean. (1916). [Indian Ocean]: [15th Reinforcements]. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      37: 29 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
19 March 2018GlendaChristchurch, New ZealandOther relative
13 November 2015MatthewWoodbridge, Ontario, CanadaDirect descendant

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