WALTERS, Leonard
(Service number 64723)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 1 April 1882 | Place of Birth | Temuka |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 235 Wilsons Road, Linwood, Christchurch | ||
| Occupation | Wharf labourer | ||
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| Next of Kin | John WALTERS (father), Orari | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 32nd Reinforcements, E Company | ||
| Date | 21 November 1917 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Liverpool, Merseyside, England | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Auckland Regiment | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 31 August 1939 | Age | 57 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Leonard Walters, known as Len, was the third son of John Harris and Alice Ross (née Fergusson) Walters. His mother died at Orari eight days after the birth of her twelfth child. Len married Elizabeth Gregory in 1917 at Christchurch. His brother Clarence was killed in action in 1916 at the Somme. Three other brothers served in World War I - Herbert, Gordon and Sydney.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 April 2019]' NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 April 2019]; Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, records [21 April 2019]
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