Leslie James WILLS

Regimental number30415
OccupationCheesemaker
Next of kinFather, J D Wills, Lake Road, Hawera, New Plymouth
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcements, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Port Lyttelton on 7 December 1916
Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 8 December 1916.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit3rd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 6), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 13

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