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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Leonard James Waller |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Lance Corporal |
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| Forename(s): |
Leonard James |
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| Surname: |
Waller |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
24/1849 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| Date of Birth: |
1891 |
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| Place of Birth: |
New Zealand |
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| First Known Rank: |
Lance Corporal |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Labourer |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs Gertrude Waller (wife), C/o Mrs A. Waller, Te Kuiti, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Married, 2 children |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
3rd Reinforcements 2nd Battalion, F Company |
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| Embarkation Date: |
8 January 1916 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Tahiti or Warrimoo |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
16 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
7 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
Somme, France |
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| Date of Death: |
15 September 1916 |
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| Age at Death: |
25 |
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| Year of Death: |
1916 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Memorial Name: |
Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France |
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| Obituary: |
Death notice, Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 240, 7 October 1916, Page 11 |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Eldest son of James Henry Waller and Annie Waller.
- Husband of Gertrude (Margaret Isabella Gertrude Eleanor nee Morrow) Read (formerly Waller) of Manuka Point, Lake Coleridge, Canterbury.
- Rank last held was listed as Temporary Lance Corporal
- Three sons served in WW1: Alfred Eric Waller (12/3499) died of bronchitis, Henry Thomas Waller (23/948) MM, and Leonard James Waller (24/1849) (KIA).
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 25 January 1917 |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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