Leon Albert CAPSTICK

Regimental number11/217
Date of birth1 December 1878
ReligionPresbyterian
AddressWaipukurau
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 6"
Next of kinBrother, Joseph Capstick, Bulls
Previous military serviceServed in South Africa, 1902 (No 5905, 8th Contingent).
Enlistment date15 September 1914
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment in the Main Body left New Zealand on board three ships ('Arawa', 'Orari', and 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 14 March 1918
Discharge date6 June 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 15 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, 3 December 1914.

Transferred to Otago Mounted Rifles, Gallipoli, 7 July 1915.

Wounded in action, 7 August 1915 (gun shot wound, shoulder); admitted to 24th Casualty Clearing Station, Mudros, 14 August 1915; transferred to Gibraltar General Hospital, 15 October 1915; to England, 1 November 1915, and admitted to Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol.

Disembarked Alexandria from England, 23 January 1916.

Transferred to NZ Field Engineers, and posted to No 2 Company, 20 February 1916.

Transferred to 2nd Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment, 31 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria for France, 9 April 1916.

Admitted to No 1 NZ Stationary Hospital, Amiens, 30 August 1916 (myalgia); discharged to unit, 29 September 1916.

Found guilty, 29 January 1917, of being absent without leave: awarded 28 days? Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited 5 days' pay.

Appointed Company Cook, 3 March 1917; ceased to be Company Cook, 11 May 1917.

Admitted to 3rd NZ Field Ambulance, 29 July 1917 (influenza); discharged to unit, 4 August 1917.

Admitted to 3rd NZ Field Ambulance, 20 August 1917 (debility); transferred to 50th Casualty Clearing Station, 21 August 1917; rejoined unit, 1 September 1917.

Admitted to 1st NZ Field Ambulance, 24 September 1917 (myalgia); transferred same day to 10th Stationary Hospital, St Omer; attached to NZ Rifle Brigade, 15 October 1917.

Detached to England, 10 November 1917; declared unfit for Active Service, 14 January 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board 'Remuera', 14 March 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service), 6 June 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Main Body
Date of death26 May 1964 Levin
Age at death75
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805