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TIMPSON, Leslie Arthur
(Service number 6/2300)

Sgt Leslie Arthur Timpson — (South Canterbury Museum )

Headstone- LA Timpson - Mt Peel Cemetery — (Courtesy of Smith )

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Sergeant

Birth

Date	17 March 1894	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Staveley
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs E. A. TIMPSON (mother), Staveley, Canterbury
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	5th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date
Transport	Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry

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	21 July 1961	Age	67 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Holy Innocents Churchyard, Peel Forest
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Leslie Arthur Timpson was the son of Charles and Ellen Ann (née Horner) Timpson. His brother Charles Timpson 52667 also served in World War One.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [07 June 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [11 June 2017]

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