LEECH, Horace
(Service number 28894)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 27/04/1895 | Place of Birth | Port Chalmers |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | "Limeview", Fairlie | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Cordelia. LEECH (mother), Hinemoa House, Rotorua | ||
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 | 18th Reinforcements, J Company | ||
| Date | 11 October 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | ||
| Other Units Served With | Plymouth, Devon, England | ||
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 28 September 1948 | Age | 52 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Horace Leech was the son (possibly the only child) of David and Cordelia (Delia, née Wood) Leech. He married Kathleen Mary O'Donoghue in 1926.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [19 August 2017]
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