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MASON, Leonard
(Service number 7/91)

Aliases
First Rank Trooper Last Rank Corporal

Birth

Date 06/03/1888 Place of Birth Dunedin

Enlistment Information

Date 13/08/1914 Age 26
Address at Enlistment Geraldine
Occupation Groom for Ferguson & Heney of Woodbury
Previous Military Experience None
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Robert Mason (father) Opoho, Dunedin
Religion Congregational
Medical Information 5ft 7, 144 lbs, light brown eyes, false upper & lower teeth

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date 16 October 1914
Transport Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From Canterbury Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With NZ Army Service Corps
Last Unit Served With NZ Army Service Corps

Military Awards

Campaigns Egypt, Gallipoli
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 09/02/1919 Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Labourer, Miner

Death

Date 9 July 1976 Age
Place of Death Taupo
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

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