FENWICK, Leonard Robert
(Service number 48853)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 13/01/1897 | Place of Birth | Oxford |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Totara Valley, Pleasant Point | ||
| Occupation | Farm hand | ||
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| Next of Kin | John FENWICK (father), Pleasant Point, South Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 26th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company | ||
| Date | 9 June 1917 | ||
| Transport | Willochra | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Devonport, Devon, England | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Regiment | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Death
| Date | 23 December 1973 | Age | 76 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Leonard Robert Fenwick was the eldest in the Family of John and Theres Jane Bessie (Bessie, née Becker) Fenwick. He married Cora Maben Stowell in 1927. He attended East Oxford and Ashley Gorge schools before the family moved to Timaru in 1908.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [01 January 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru district Council]; 01 Janaury 2016]
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