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PALMER, Leonard James
(Service number 6/1369)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	10/05/1894	Place of Birth	Rangiora

Enlistment Information

Date	20 October 1914	Age	20
Address at Enlistment	Care of J. C. Trengrove, Maori Hill, Timaru, New Zealand
Occupation	Blacksmith
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	W. Palmer (father), Albury, via Timaru, New Zealand
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height: 5ft 10in. Brown hair, blue eyes

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	2nd Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	14 December 1914
Transport	HMNZT 13 Verdala or HMNZT 14 Willochra or HMNZT 15 Knight of the Garter
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian (1915-1916); Egyptian Expeditionary Force (1916); Balkan, Gallipoli (1915); Western European (1916-1918)
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards	Military Medal

Award Circumstances and Date

Service record states issued for acts of gallantry in the field, 23 October 1917

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	17 January 1917	Reason	No longer physically fit for war service

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Had gastritis when discharged and continued to recieve treatment for this at Christchurch hospital.

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	3 January 1961	Age
Place of Death	Chirstchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph database (30 July 2015); Military personnel file (30 July 2015)

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Researched and Written by

Saray Sedeno

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