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McLEOD, William Thomas
(Service number 80087)

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First Rank Private Last Rank

Birth

Date 03/05/1898 Place of Birth Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Gladstone Hotel
Occupation Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs W. RADFORD (sister), Temuka, Canterbury
Religion Presbyterian
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 41st Reinforcements, F company
Date 27 July 1918
Transport Ulimaroa
Embarked From 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

Labourer

Death

Date 28 October 1941 Age 43 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference Block 4D RSA, Plot 19
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Thomas McLeod was the son of William McLeod and his second wife, Marion née Cathro McLeod. He was educated at Fairlie School. W. T. McLeod embarked at Liverpool for the return to New Zealand per the “Tahiti”. draft no. 204, carrying 950 soldiers, reached Port Chalmers on 12 January 1919.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [05 June 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [06 June 2019]; School Admission records; Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, burial record (Christchurch City Council); Timaru Herald, 8 January 1919 (Papers Past) [05 June 2019]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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