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HIGHT, Leonard Henry Dixon
(Service number 15902)

Brothers Leonard (left) and Cecil Hight, circa 1910. — Pictured prior to the war, this is a rather lovely but tragic portrait. Both brothers were killed at Ypres on 12 October 1912. (South Canterbury Museum 2022/074.06)

Timaru Boys High School Memorial Library plaque (1914-1918), pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

St Mary's Church, Timaru, memorial plaque, circa 2010 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.31)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	abt 1889	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	upholsterer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	single
Next of Kin	Mrs A Hight (mother) 22 Brown Street, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	6th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	26 July 1916
Transport	HMNZT 59 or 60; Waitemata or Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Devonport, ENgland

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	NZ Rifle Brigade, 3rd 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 1917	Age	27
Place of Death	Ypres,Belgium
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Memorial Reference	NZ Apse, Panel 7
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Timaru Boys High School War Memorial (Library); Memorial plaque, St Mary's Church, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Son of Albert and Mary Hight, 27 High Street, Timaru. Brother of C M Hight, killed on the same day, same place.

Sources

Passchendaele Casualty form.

External Links

Researched and Written by

Liz Shea (SC branch NZSG)

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