Leslie Harvey CLARK

Regimental number12/1590
Date of birth19 March 1891
Place of birthTauranga
ReligionBaptist
OccupationPlumber
AddressEdgecombe Road, Tauranga
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23.10
Height5' 7.5"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Ann Clark, Edgecombe Road, Tauranga
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in 4th Mounted Rifles Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date28 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 4 Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitAuckland Infantry Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs Elizabeth Ann Clark, Edgecombe Road, Tauranga
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Previously reported missing, but now reported believed dead.'

War service: 224 days (of which 57 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22024360, File 21894590

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