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PACKMAN, Leonard William
(Service number 80108)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	03/10/1879	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	68 Rathmore Street, Timaru
Occupation	Carpenter/joiner
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs M. PACKMAN (wife), 91 Church Street, Timaru
Religion	Baptist
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	42nd Reinforcements, B Company
Date	1 August 1918
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From		Destination	London, England

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Carpenter

Death

Date	26 June 1947	Age	67 years
Place of Death	Public Hospital, Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	general Section, Row 137, Plot 104
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Leonard William Packman was the son of Albert Cleland and Sarah Ann (née Southgate) Packman. He was educated at Gleniti and timaru Main schools. Leonard married Mary Purdom in 1906.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [24 September 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of internal Affairs) [29 September 2017]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [29 September 2017]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [29 September 2017]

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