Leonard Murray PERCY

Regimental number9/1720
AddressBank of New Zealand, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Henry C Percy, East Street, Ashburton
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, 8th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 13 November 1915
The 8th Reinforcements of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment left New Zealand on board two aships, HMNZT 35 'Willochra' and HMNZT 36 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateDied of wounds 17 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No 46), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Miscellaneous information from
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Parents: Henry Clifford and Annie Murray Percy, Ashburton, Canterbury
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Eighth

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