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Leonard Percy Miller

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Portrait of Private Leonard Percy Miller, Archives New Zealand, AALZ 25044 3 / F1444 52. Image is subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Private Leonard Percy Miller, Archives New Zealand, AALZ 25044 3 / F1444 52. Image is su …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leonard Percy AWMM
  • Surname
    Miller AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 27340 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 May 1899 AWMM Lyttelton, Christchurch AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 David Miller (father), Exeter Street, Lyttelton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 27340 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 Labourer/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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    • He enlisted and left with the 17th Reinforcements when seventeen years old and won the Military Medal for bravery on the field at Havrincourt Wood. Source: Archives New Zealand. AWMM
    • I have checked his military record at Archives New Zealand. Interestingly, he gave his birth date at attestation as 8.5.95, but it also notes his birth certificate 1.5.99 (also on his discharge medical form). So he joined up on 1 June 1916 having just turned 17 years old.

      I query the photo: this shows the collar regimental badge is the Rifle Brigade, not 2nd Canterbury to which he belonged. Is this him? Public - Jeffrey - Researcher - 10 November 2019 - Archives New Zealand
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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21375471
    Further Reference
  • References
    • 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. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      41: 20 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
17 May 2020SarndraAuckland, New ZealandOther
10 November 2019Jeffrey Palmerston North, New ZealandResearcher

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