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Leslie Scott Douglas McDermid

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1916 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1916 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leslie Scott Douglas AWMM
  • Surname
    McDermid AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 4/563 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 40 Canongate Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs A. McDermid, 40 Canongate Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 4/563 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 Otago, New Zealand 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
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of George S. M. and Anne McDermid, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

    Lance Corporal McDermid was hospitalised early in the campaign, recovered and returned to the front. He died of wounds on 29 November on Gallipoli. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    29 November 1915 AWMM
    Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Ari Burnu Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM J. 9. AWMM
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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22 November 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
10 May 2015StephenChristchurchResearcher

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