Leonard Greville Ellis HURSE

Regimental number40815
Date of birth20 February 1885
Place of birthCanterbury
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSheep farmer
Marital statusWidowed
Age at embarkation31.8
Height5' 10.25"
Weight156 lbs
Next of kinCousin, A Fear, Woodend, North Canterbury
Previous military serviceServed in the 10th South African Contingent, Boer War; unit disbanded.
Enlistment date19 October 1916
Place of enlistmentChristchurch
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 22nd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 78 Navua on 16 February 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialPasschendaele New British Cemetery (Plot XII, Row D, Grave No 2), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: the late Lucy Isolda Hurse, Mauku, Franklin Co
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 16 February 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 26 April 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 26 May 1917; joined 1st Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, 19 June 1917.

Wounded in action, 13 August 1917 (gassed: shell), and admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance; rejoined Bn, 20 August 1917.

Detached to School, 19 September 1917; rejoined Bn, 24 September 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Burial in the Passchendaele-Bellevue vicinity reported by II Anzac Burial Corps, 19 November 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 55, p. 11
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 18051403