HIGHT, Leslie George Athol
(Service number 82058)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 31/01/1893 | Place of Birth | NZ |
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Enlistment Information
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| Address at Enlistment | Pleasant Point | ||
| Occupation | Baker | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs M. HIGHT (mother), 40 High Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Death
| Date | 28 March 1945 | Age | 52 years |
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| Place of Death | Public Hospital, Timaru | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Leslie George Athol Hight was the son of albert and Mary Gertrude (née Dixon) Hight. Two brothers - Leonard Dixon Hight and Cecil Morland High who had enlisted together, were both killed in action on 12 October 1917 at Passchendaele.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [16 September 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [16 September 2017); Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [17 September 2017]
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