McLEOD, John Murdoch Campbell
(Service number 14033)
| First Rank | Second Lieutenant | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 23/09/1894 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
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| Occupation | Clerk | ||
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| Next of Kin | Alexander McLEOD (father), Geraldine | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 12th Reinforcements, 1st Battalion, E Company | ||
| Date | 28 December 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 8 April 1965 | Age | 70 years |
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| Place of Death | Waipukurau | ||
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Biographical Notes
John Murdoch Campbell McLeod was the son of Alexander and Jean (Jeanie, née Campbell) McLeod. He was educated at Totara Valley and Geraldine schools, with some months at Pleasant Point School. John married Sarah Agnes Elliott in 1923. He was a cousin of Colin Andrew Campbell who was killed in action in 1918, and his brother Alexander Keith Campbell, and also of John David Cunningham who served.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [08 January 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [08 January 2018]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [08 January 2018]
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