Leslie Ashton BLUETT

Regimental number10/622
Date of birth24 February 1892
Place of birthOxford, Canterbury
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationShop assistant
AddressEltham
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22.6
Height5' 8.5"
Weight122 lbs
Next of kinSarah J Bluett, Papanui, Christchurch
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankCorporal
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 5 May 1916
Discharge date29 November 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Evacuated to hospital, 22 August 1915 (debility); admitted to No.24 Casualty Clearing Station, Mudros, 24 August 1915; discharged, 30 August 1915; rejoined unit, Anzac, 31 August 1915.

Promoted Corporal, 9 August 1915.

Evacuated to hospital, Mudros, 16 September 1915; reported 'dangerously ill', No.3 Australian General Hospital, Mudros, 5 October 1915 (broncho-pneumonia); transferred to HS 'Aquitania', 21 October 1915; to NZ Military Hospital, Walton on Thames, 27 October 1915.

Embarked Southampton, 8 April 1916, and proceeded to Egypt; disembarked Alexandria, 18 April 1916; admitted to NZ General Hospital, Cairo, 19 April 1916.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HT 'Tahiti', 5 May 1916; disembarked New Zealand, 6 June 1916; discharged (medically unfit: no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service: diptheridic paralysis [drop wrist] following severe broncho-pneumonia), 29 November 1916.

Total war service: 2 years 104 days (of which 1 year 234 days was abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death12 August 1955 Eltham
Age at death63
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22276982