Leo Dawson BOSWELL

Regimental number3/3050
Date of birth5 November 1896
Place of birthNew Plymouth
ReligionBrethren
OccupationCoachbuilder
Next of kinMother, Mrs Nellie Boswell, Frankleigh Park, New Plymouth
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 25th Reinforcements, New Zealand Medical Corps
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 25th Reinforcements, New Zealand Medical Corps left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 'Tofua' and HMNZT 'Turakina', both on 26 April 1917. It is not possible from the Nominal roll to determine on which ship an individual member of the Medical Corps embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Medical Corps
FateDied of wounds 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialNine Elms British Cemetery (Plot V, Row A, Grave No 16), Belgium,
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: H. and N. Boswell, New Plymouth
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 27
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22277549

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