LETCHFORD, Gerald
(Service number 6/2185)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 25/11/1891 | Place of Birth | Tunbridge Wells, England |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 13 May 1915 | Age | |
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| Address at Enlistment | North Canterbury, New Zealand | ||
| Occupation | Farm hand | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs C Letchford(Mother) 58 Oaklands Rd, Bexley Heath, Kent, England | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | |||
| Date | 13 June 1915 | ||
| Transport | Mauganui or Tahiti or Aparima | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egypt (24 July - 6 August 1915) |
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| Last Unit Served With | 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egypt ian 1915, Balkans 1915, Western Europe 1916-1917 | ||
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| Service Medals | 1914-1915 Star. British War Medal. Victory Medal. | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 8 August 1917 | Age | 25 |
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| Place of Death | Ypres, Belgium | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru | ||
Biographical Notes
Gerald Letchford was the son of Arthur James and Caroline Letchford of "Eversley", Salisbury Rd, Bexley, Kent, England
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (May 2014); Archways April 2015
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