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HAMMOND, Leonard James Bathurst
(Service number 4/173)

Aliases
First Rank Sergeant Last Rank

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Shamrock Street, Napier South
Occupation
Previous Military Experience South African War
Marital Status
Next of Kin George HAMMOND (father), Woodbury, South Canterbury
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation Samoan Advance Party
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Railway Engineers
Date
Transport Moeraki or Monowai
Embarked From Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

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Death

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Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Leonard James Bathurst Hammond was the son of George and Evangeline Ellen (Eva, née Dean) Hammond. All five sons saw war service. L. J. B. Hammond served in both the South African War and World War One. His eldest brother, George Richard Hammond, served in the South African War. And brothers Arthur Hammond, Francis (Frank) Hammond and Harold Hammond also served in World War One.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Mueum Cenotaph Database [07 November 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [07 November 2016]

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