HITCH, Leonard John Watson Sandes
(Service number 22701)
| First Rank | Sergeant | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 25/04/1893 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Post Office, Otautau | ||
| Occupation | Telegraph cadet clerk | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mr Watson HITCH (father), Timaru | ||
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 | 17th Reinforcements Signalling Section | ||
| Date | 23 September 1916 | ||
| Transport | Pakeha | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Devonport, Devon, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 1 April 1967 | Age | 73 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Leonard John Watson Sandes Hitch was the eldest of the three sons of Watson and Isabella (Bella, née Kellahan) Hitch, and a brother of Gordon Edgar Hitch who died of wounds in 1918. Like his brothers he was educated at the Timaru Main School.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 February 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal ffairs) [18 February 2017]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [17 February 2017]
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