| Full Name: |
Lance Corporal Leo Max Natzke |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Lance Corporal |
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| Forename(s): |
Leo Max |
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| Surname: |
Natzke |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
11/544 |
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| Date of Birth: |
15 November 1889 |
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| Place of Birth: |
Halcombe, Manawatu, New Zealand |
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| Religion: |
Protestant |
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| First Known Rank: |
Trooper |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Farmer |
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| Next of Kin: |
August Natzke, Matapara, Te Awamutu, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Whangamomona, New Zealand |
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| Physical Description: |
- Height: 5 feet 6 inches
- Weight: 159 pounds
- Eye colour: Blue
- Hair colour: Brown
- Distinctive marks: tattoo marks on both forearms
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| Enlistment Date: |
15 August 1914 |
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| Age on Enlistment: |
24 |
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| Military District: |
Wellington |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
Main Body |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Wellington Mounted Rifles |
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| Embarkation Date: |
16 October 1914 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Orari or Arawa |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt (3 December 1914) |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
532 |
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| Military Awards: |
- 1914-15 Star
- British War Medal
- Victory Medal
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| Wounds and Diseases: |
- Illness (dysentery): Transferred from Mudros on 1 July 1915, to Seang Bee, Malta. Discharged on 4 August 1915, and returned to Gallipoli.
- Was fatally wounded on 27 August 1915, and died the next day at 16 Casualty Clearing Station, No. 2 Post, Anzac Cove, on 28 August.
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| Last Unit Served: |
Wellington Mounted Rifles, 2 Squadron |
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| Place of Death: |
Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Date of Death: |
28 August 1915 |
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| Age at Death: |
25 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of wounds |
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| Memorial Name: |
Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Memorial Reference: |
5 |
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| Obituary: |
"NATZKE. Died of wounds at Anzac, Dardanelles, on August 28, 1915, Leo Max Natzke, fifth son of August Natzke, Matapara, Te Awamutu; aged 26 years." [Source: New Zealand Herald, 6 October 1915, p. 1] |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Son of August Heinrich and Poline Natzke (nee Tunrick), of Matapara, Te Awamutu, who sailed with their first-born child, Carl Friedrich, from Hamburg, Germany, in April 1876, on the ship 'Fritz Reuter', arriving in Wellington, New Zealand, in August 1876.
- The family was among the 69 immigrants from the 'Fritz Reuter' selected by Arthur Halcombe for settlement within the Manchester Block.
- August and Poline settled in Halcombe, which lies halfway between Marton and Feilding, and had nine further children: Otto Heinrich, Emmel August, Anna Emma (m. Anderson), Louis Albert, Helena Amelia (m. O'Dea), Hilda Pauline (m. Wischnowsky), Leo Max, Olga Alma, and Alma Emma Natzke (m. Waterson).
- After Poline's death, August Natzke married Frances Emma Carter, and had four more children: Harold Zulu, Zola Mervyn, Herbert William, and Franz Oscar Natzke.
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 |
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| Further References: |
- New Zealand's Roll of Honour, 1915, The Auckland Weekly News: Illustrated List, Wilson and Horton, Auckland, p. 93.
- Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
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| Sources Used: |
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
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| Previous Military Experience: |
Defence Rifle Club (3 years) |
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