Leonard French BROADMORE

Regimental number30340
Date of birth7 October 1884
Place of birthInglewood
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Height5' 6.5"
Weight143 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs E Broadmore, c/o W Gribble, 27 Williamson's Avenue, Grey Lynn, Auckland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date21 August 1916
Place of enlistmentFeatherston
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 rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 7), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick and Sarah Broadmore, Inglewood, Taranaki; Wife: Emmalene Broadmore, 27 Williamson's Avenue, Grey Lynn, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 7 December 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 18 February 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.

Admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 13 March 1917 (bronchitis); transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 30 March 1917 (bronchial catarrh); taken on strength, NZ Command Depot, Codford, 26 April 1917.

Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 10 May 1917 (no details recorded).

Taken on strength, NZ Command Depot, Codford, 17 May 1917, and posted to No 1 NZ Divisional Employment Company.

Proceeded overseas to France, 30 May 1917.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 18 June 1917 (ringworm); rejoined Bn, in the field, 28 June 1917.

Admitted to 55th General Hospital, 2 July 1917 (haemorrhoids); transferred to No 7 Convalescent Depot, 6 July 1917; to 3rd Canadian General Hospital, 21 July 1917; to No 7 Convalescent Depot, 24 July 1917; to Base Depot, Etaples, 4 August 1917.

Transferred to 1st Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, 24 August 1917, and posted to C Company.

Wounded in action, 12 October 1917.

Court of Enquiry, 28 November 1917, concluded: 'Wounded & missing. Believed died of wounds, 12 October 1917.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 11
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22279224

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