Charles Stewart LEGGE

Regimental number12/2365
Date of birth10 September 1889
Place of birthCoromandel
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressMount Eden
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 7"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinBrother, E W Legge, Islington Avenue, Ponsonby, Auckland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date11 February 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Maunganui on 13 June 1915
The 5th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, left New Zealand on board three ships, HMNZT 24 'Maunganui', HMNZT 25 'Tahiti', and HMNZT 26 'Aparima'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitAuckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 10 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNo 2 Outpost Cemetery (Row F, Grave No 14), Gallipoli, Turkey
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined unit at Gallipoli, 8 August 1915.

Wounded in action, 8 August 1915 (shell wound, back: dangerous); admitted to NZ Field Ambulance, and transferred to 16th Casualty Clearing Station, 10 August 1915.

Whereabouts thereafter became unclear: Form B103 notes: 'All enquiries made England & Egypt - no trace'.

Entry, Form B103, 20 March 1916: Now wounded & missing, believed dead, Dardanelles, on or about 10 August 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Fifth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 10918853