Profile

JORDAN, Leslie Ray
(Service number 26003)

Talisman Leslie R Jordan - obverse
Talisman Leslie R Jordan - verso
Aliases
First Rank Sergeant Last Rank Second Lieutenant

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Clerk, BNZ Auckland
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs Leslie Ray Jordan (wife), care of T. Holden, Lake House, Hamilton
Religion Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 19th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Date 15 November 1916
Transport HMNZT 68 Tahiti or HMNZT Maunganui
Embarked From Wellington Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
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 Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Leslie served in the Auckland Infantry Regiment during World War I. His address at time of enlistment was Fiji where he was a clerk for BNZ Auckland. He later worked as a bank manager in Timaru.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 August 2018];

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Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin, South Canterbury Museum

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