Leopold Tocker WAKELIN

Regimental number24/1511
Place of birthWellington
AddressHunterville
Marital statusMarried
Next of kinWife, Mrs May Addis Wakelin, Hunterville
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 13 November 1915
Members of F Company, 2nd Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 35 'Willochra' and HMNZT 36 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 30 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsGrevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, nr Bapaume, Pas de Calais, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: May A. Wakelin, Mill Road, New Plymouth
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: F Company/2nd Rfts of 2nd NZRB