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CARVER, Leonard Thomas
(Service number 6/2825)

Geraldine Hockey Club Memorial Pavilion — "Erected by the members in memory of their comrades who fell in the Great War 1914-1918” (Courtesy of K Close and P McAuliffe )

Geraldine Hockey Club Memorial Pavilion - plaque — The plaque above the building’s door reads: “Geraldine Hockey Club Memorial Pavilion. Erected by the members in memory of their comrades who fell in the Great War 1914-1918”.
The building was opened on 22 October 1923. It still stands today (2019) in the Geraldine Domain. (Courtesy of K Close and P McAuliffe )

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Lance Corporal

Birth

Date	03/12/1892	Place of Birth	Geraldine, NZ

Enlistment Information

Date	17/04/1915	Age
Address at Enlistment	Peel St, Geraldine
Occupation	Painter
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs J. Patterson (mother), Peel St, Geraldine
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	6th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	14 August 1915
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	12 October 1918	Age
Place of Death	France
Cause	Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine Church Memorial; Geraldine War Memorial; Geraldine Hockey Club Memorial Pavilion plaque

Biographical Notes

Son of Mrs M.J Paterson of Peel St, Geraldine

Sources

Cenotaph Jan 2014

External Links

Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

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