Leonard George HARVEY

Regimental number23/1999
OccupationRailway employee
Next of kinFather, Oscar A Harvey, Grey Lynn, Auckland
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Reinforcements to 1st and 2nd Battalions, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
E Company left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 47 Willochra and HMNZT 48 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 29 November 1916
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialTrois Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No 16), Steenwerck, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Oscar George Augustus and Jane Harvey, 230 Jervois Road, Ponsonby, Auckland. Native of Wanganui
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 28

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