REILLY, Walter Leslie
(Service number 6/2253)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Maddren Bros, Winchester Street, Christchurch | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | W. G. REILLY (father), Orari, South Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 5th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 13 June 1915 | ||
| Transport | Manganui or Tahiti or Aparima | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 2 December 1950 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Temuka | ||
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Biographical Notes
Walter Leslie REILLY was the elder son of Walter Granville and Mary Ann Sophia (nee TAPP) REILLY.
Shirley Downward recounts: "Walter Leslie Reilly was born in Timaru on 06/01/1894 and lived with his parents Walter Glanville Reilly and Mary Ann Sophia (nee Tapp) at Orari. He enlisted at 22 in 1915 and saw overseas service for 3 yrs and 275 days. Firstly at Gallipoli from where he was evacuated with Scarlett fever on 02/09/15. Post recovery he sailed from Port Said for the Western Front 06/04/1916 where he remained for the duration of the war. Promoted to Lance Corporal 20/12/1917 and to Sgt on 18/06/1918. He was discharged 21/10/1919 and returned to the work the farms of the Orari and Geraldine areas for the rest of his life. He died 02/12/1950 and is buried in Temuka Cemetery."
Sources
SCRoll web submission from S Downward, 30 March 2015
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