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BOULTER, Leslie
(Service number 34589)

Aliases	Les
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	09/12/1895	Place of Birth	Christchurch

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Temuka, South Canterbury
Occupation	Plumber
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs J. McCORMACK (aunt), Hornbrook Street, Temuka
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Reinforcements, G Company
Date	30 December 1916
Transport	Athenic
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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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
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Discharge

Date		Reason

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Death

Date	27 May 1976	Age	81 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 193, Plot 905
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Leslie Boulter, known as Les, was born in 1895 at Christchurch. He was educated at Temuka School. His next-of-kin was his 'aunt', Mary Ann McCormick (née Boulter). In 1926 Les married Ivy Louden.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 March 2017]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [19 March 2017]; School admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [17 March 2017]

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