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RICHARDS, Leslie Lawrence
(Service number 7/1406)

Leslie Richards — Identified as "Les Richards of Waimate" in an album belonging to 7/1031 Sergeant Francis (aka Frank) John Bilton, of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles (CMR). (National Army Museum, 1996.1091.4 (page 4) )

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	28/03/1896	Place of Birth	Rakaia

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Waihao Downs, Waimate
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Edward RICHARDS, Waihao Downs, Canterbury
Religion	Church of England
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 Mounted Rifles
Date	14 August 1915
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

Date		Reason

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Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	1 October 1949	Age	53 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Methven Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Anglican Section, Plot 235
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Leslie Lawrence Richards was the third son of Edward and Elizabeth (née Harrison) Richards. He started at Dorie School in 1902 and transferred to Waimate School in 1903. Three of his four brothers also served in World War I - Albert Victor, Sidney Edward and Clarence Alexander (known as Alexander). Leslie married dorothy Sharp in 1928.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 December 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 December 2017]; School Admission record (Canterbury Branch NZSG) [21 December 2017]; Methven Cemetery burial record (Ashburton District Council) [22 December 2017]; SCROll web submission by M Smith, 22 September 2024; "Photo from page 04 of album WWI Photograph Album - Egypt, Malta and Sinai & Palestine", National Army Museum at https://nam.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/13233?keywords=7%2F1031+&type=all&highlights=WyI3XC8xMDMxIiwiMTA5MSIsIjciXQ%3D%3D&lsk=d984c7cfbfdcfe2702725ffb6106e4d0 [accessed 24 September 2024]

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