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James Robert Ruxton Leys

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Robert Ruxton AWMM
  • Surname
    Leys AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • James Robert Ruston AWMM
    • James Robert Roxton AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 15/557A AWMM
    • WWI 4/557 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 19 Colombo Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs R.R. Leys (mother), 19 Colombo Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 19 January 1917 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 15/557A AWMM
    • WWI 4/557 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 Clerk AWMM
    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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Father: Robert Ruxton Leys, Mother: Florence Amelia Mary Leys, Address of parents: 228 Happy Valley Road, Brooklyn Road, Wellington

    Last rank held listed as Temporary Captain

    Bandaghem, like Dozinghem and Mendinghem, were the popular names given by the troops to groups of casualty clearing stations posted to this area during the First World War (Source: www.cwgc.org).

    His middle name is spelled incorrectly as 'Ruston' on the nominal roll and as the correct 'Ruxton' in Archway and in his Military Personnel File.

    Bank of New Zealand Staff Member.

    Text of the Memorial plaque, Bank of New Zealand Arcade, Wellington, New Zealand: 'In Memoriam: The names inscribed upon this tablet are those of officers of the Bank of New Zealand who laid down their lives in the Great War AD 1914-1919 waged against the nations of central Europe - Germany, Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria - who sought by force of arms to obtain world-wide dominion. In honour of their patriotism and valour. In admiration of their sacrifice. And in grateful perpetuation of their glorious and ennobling memory this monument is reverently dedicated. Their Name Liveth for Evermore.' AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    17 April 1918 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM V.D. 21 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Memorial plaque, Bank of New Zealand (Officers of the BNZ who laid down their lives in the Great War AD 1914-1919), BNZ Arcade, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • Brooklyn War Memorial, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • Pool of Reflections, National ANZAC Centre, Albany Heritage Park, Western Australia Public - Paul - Researcher - 19 April 2022 - Paul Hickford, "They Marched to War", 2019, pp. 311-312

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  • I have read your diary. I am a niece. You would have been my uncle. You died too young! We remember the service you gave for our country.
    Public - Rona Vivienne - Other relative - 16 June 2016
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19 April 2022PaulAuckland, New ZealandResearcher
16 June 2016Rona VivienneLevinOther relative

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