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Full Name: Private Leonard Headifen
Rank Last Held: Private
Forename(s): Leonard
Surname: Headifen
War: World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.: 10/3288
First Known Rank: Private
Next of Kin: Mrs E. Headifen (mother), 186 Tasman Street, Wellington, New Zealand
Marital Status: Single
Enlistment Address: 186 Tasman Street, Wellington, New Zealand
Military District: Wellington
Body on Embarkation: 8th Reinforcements
Embarkation Unit: Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation Date: 13 November 1915
Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
Transport:
Vessel: Willochra or Tofua
Destination: Suez, Egypt
Page on Nominal Roll: 318
Last Unit Served: Wellington Infantry Regiment
Place of Death: Belgium
Date of Death: 22 June 1917
Year of Death: 1917
Cause of Death: Died of wounds
Description of Image: Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917
Further References: Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
Sources Used: Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
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