Theodore Ernest LECKNER

Regimental number6/3069
Date of birth25 August 1886
Place of birthBlenheim
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBaker
AddressMarlborough
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29
Height5' 7"
Weight161 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs V Leckner, Ward, Marlborough
Previous military serviceServed for 4 years in the Cadets; left the district; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date11 June 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 2), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: Alfred and Annie Leckner, Wellington; husband of Vivienne Dallimore (formerly Leckner), Dargaville, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 9 October 1915; disembarked Suez, 18 November 1915.

Joined Canterbury Infantry Bn, Ismailia, 9 January 1916.

Embarked Port Said to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Wounded (remained at duty), 26 September 1916.

Admitted to No Convalescent Depot, Wimereux, 18 October 1916 (contusion, back); rejoined Bn, in the field, 21 November 1916.

Employed in Brigade Change Room, 2 January 1917; rejoined Bn, 25 January 1917.

Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 28 April 1917 (scabies), and transferred to No 4 Stationary Hospital, Arques; rejoined Bn, 11 May 1917.

Detached to Reinforcements Camp, Morbecque, 30 May 1917; rejoined Bn, 19 June 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 15 July 1917; rejoined Bn from leave, 30 July 1917.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 9 August 1917 (venereal disease: gonorrhoea), and transferred to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station; to No 2 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, 11 August 1917; to No 51 General Hospital, Etaples, 12 August 1917; discharged to Base Depot, 6 September 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 9 October 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 27 days.

Reported missing, 12 October 1917.

Court of Enquiry, 13 April 1918, concluded: 'Killed in action, Belgium, 12 October 1917'.

War service: 2 years 124 days (of which 735 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Seventh
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 10918555