Edward Leslie BLAXALL

Regimental number49326
Date of birth25 January 1897
Place of birthWestport
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSaddler
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 10"
Weight164 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Blaxall, c/o Railway Bookstall, Palmerston North
Previous military serviceServed in A Company, 4th Otago Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date23 January 1917
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 26th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT No 85 Willochra on 9 June 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of burialPoelcapelle British Cemetery (Plot XXIX, Row F, Grave No 17), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Knox Church, Dunedin. Parents: Edmund (b. Geelong, Victoria, Australia) & Jesse (b. Canada) Blaxall, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 9 June 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 16 August 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 23 September 1917; joined 2nd Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, in the field, 8 October 1917, and posted to 4th Company.

Wounded in action, 12 October 1917.

Court of Enquiry, 21 May 1918, concluded: 'Killed in action, 12 October 1917.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 66, p. 13
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22276815