Leslie Howard SHORT

Regimental number10/1160
Date of birth26 January 1894
Place of birthWellington
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngineer
Address9 Claremont Grove, Wellington
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.9
Height5' 8"
Weight145 lbs
Next of kinFather, W S Short, 9 Claremont Grove, Wellington
Previous military serviceServed in Army Service Corps; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date12 October 1914
Place of enlistmentWellington
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 rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) (Panel No 23) Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: William Stonham Short and Elizabeth Sarah Short, 25 Owen's Road, Epsom, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

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

Admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Anzac Cove, 4 July 1915 (diarrhea), and transferred to sweeper; admitted to 24th Casualty Clearing station, Mudros, 19 July 1915 (dysentery); rejoined Bn, Anzac Cove, 27 July 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead.'

War service: 301 days (of which 297 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7816879