Leslie LEE

Regimental number8/1538
Date of birth2 December 1894
Place of birthSheffield, Yorkshire, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressMiranda Street, Stratford
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 8.25"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs F Barker, Miranda Street, Stratford
Previous military serviceServed for 6 months in the General Training Section, Stratford. Not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment. Previously rekected on account on temporary left foot slightly flat.
Enlistment date19 December 1914
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 14 February 1915
The Otago Infantry Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board three ships (HMNZT 17 'Maunganui', HMNZT 18 'Tahiti' and HMNZT 19 'Aparima'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 16), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Fanny and Edward Lee, Fenton Street, Stratford
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Wounded in action, 29 May 1915 (shrapnel wound, left foot: slight), and admitted to NZ Field Ambulance, Anzac Cove, and transferred to Mudros; to St Andrew's Hospital, Malta, 4 June 1915.

Embarked Malta for Egypt, 12 July 1915.

Attached to strength of Advanced Base Depot, Mustapha, 16 July 1915.

Embarked Aexandria for Gallipoli, 21 July 1915; rejoined unit, Gallipoli, 28 July 1915.

Killed in action, 9 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 10918703