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Full Name
Leonard Smeaton Poore
Rank Last Held
Private
Forename(s)
Leonard Smeaton
Surname
Poore
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
3/714
Gender
Male
First Known Rank
Private
Next of Kin
H.F. Poore (father), 451 Hereford Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
Marital Status
Single
Enlistment Address
451 Hereford Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
Military District
Canterbury
Body on Embarkation
No. 2 Stationary Hospital
Embarkation Unit
Medical Corps
Embarkation Date
13 June 1915
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
Vessel
Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
Destination
Suez, Egypt (24 July - 6 August 1915)
Nominal Roll Number
Vol1
Page on Nominal Roll
587
Last Unit Served
New Zealand Medical Corps
Place of Death
Bapaume, France
Date of Death
25 August 1918
Age at Death
23
Year of Death
1918
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Cemetery Name
Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France
Grave Reference
IV. V. 8.
Memorial Name
Memorial plaque, St Paul's Church, No 3 Field Ambulance, 25 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand
Biographical Notes
Son of Henry Francis and Mary Poore, of 451, Hereford St., Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Description of Image
  • Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918
  • Memorial plaque, St Paul's Church, No 3 Field Ambulance (photo John Halpin November 2011)
  • St Paul's Church, 25 Symonds Street, Auckland (photo John Halpin November 2011)
Archives NZ source
Military personnel file
NZETC
New Zealand Electronic Text Centre Topic Page
Sources Used
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org