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HAMMOND, Leonard James Bathurst
(Service number 4/173)

Aliases
First Rank	Sergeant	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Shamrock Street, Napier South
Occupation
Previous Military Experience	South African War
Marital Status
Next of Kin	George HAMMOND (father), Woodbury, South Canterbury
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Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Samoan Advance Party
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Railway Engineers
Date
Transport	Moeraki or Monowai
Embarked From		Destination

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Biographical Notes

Leonard James Bathurst Hammond was the son of George and Evangeline Ellen (Eva, née Dean) Hammond. All five sons saw war service. L. J. B. Hammond served in both the South African War and World War One. His eldest brother, George Richard Hammond, served in the South African War. And brothers Arthur Hammond, Francis (Frank) Hammond and Harold Hammond also served in World War One.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Mueum Cenotaph Database [07 November 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [07 November 2016]

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