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POLLARD, Lionel Neville
(Service number 6/2728)

Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011
Waimate War Memorial (right panel), pictured in 2011
Aliases
First Rank Sergeant Last Rank Lance Corporal

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment 33 Gloucester Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs M.A. Pollard (mother), Studholme Street, Waimate, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 6th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date 14 August 1915
Transport Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From Wellington, New Zealand Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 28 July 1917 Age
Place of Death Belgium
Cause Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France
Memorial Reference I. X. 4.
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Lionel Pollard was the son of Mrs. Mary Ann Pollard, of Studholme St, Waimate, New Zealand.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [2 Jan 2014]; Military Record - Archives New Zealand, Wellington Office Item ID R20801916

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Researched and Written by

John Sutherland, SC branch NZSG

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