ASHWELL, Leslie
(Service number 7/691)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
|---|
Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth |
|---|
Enlistment Information
| Date | 15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915 | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Address at Enlistment | C/- Ashwell, Temuka | ||
| Occupation | |||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Joseph Ashwell (father), Temuka | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
|---|
Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 2nd Reinforcements | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 14 December 1914 | ||
| Transport | Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
| Other Units Served With | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Unit Served With | |||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Medals | |||
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 |
Death
| Date | Age | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Death | |||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | |||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
A copy of a diary covering the voyage of Joseph Ashwell, father of Leslie, Sidney, and Roland, includes a note by his granddaughter Irene (daughter of Florence Ellen). The note comments that these three sons all served in World War One. Leslie, it notes, returned to New Zealand with terrible back wounds, while Sidney died of wounds on the battlefield one a few weeks before the Armistice. She thought Roland however returned home to New Zealand unharmed.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (August 2014); SCRoll submission by S SInclair
External Links
Related Documents
No documents available.
Researched and Written by
Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG
Currently Assigned to
Not assigned.
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License unless otherwise stated.
Tell us more
Do you have information that could be added to this story? Or related images that you are happy to share? Submit them here!