Profile

GRIFFITHS, Leonard Stuart
(Service number 6/2641)

Aliases
First Rank Sergeant Last Rank

Birth

Date 18/12/1894 Place of Birth Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date 17 April 1915 Age
Address at Enlistment Hassall St, Timaru
Occupation Journalist, Timaru Herald
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin R.S. Griffiths (Father), Hassall St, Timaru
Religion Church of England
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 Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns Egypt 1915-16. Egypt Expeditionary Force 1916-18, Balkans (Gallipoli) &, Mudros (Lemnos) 1915
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 18 November 1936 Age 41
Place of Death Christchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (March 2015); Military personnel file via Archives New Zealand (March 2015)

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Researched and Written by

Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

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