Leonard Charles ARGYLE

Regimental number10/1399A
Date of birth31 August 1894
Place of birthCarterton
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressBunnythorpe, Manawatu
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 10.5"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs H J Argyle, Bunnythorpe, Manawatu
Previous military serviceServing in D Company, 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date20 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel 18), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Alice Argyle, Bunnythorpe, Manawatu. Native of Carterton, Wairarapa
Family/military connectionsBrother: 10/1400A Pte Percival ARGYLE, Wellington Regiment, killed in action, 8 August 1915.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 14 February 1915; disembarked Suez, 26 March 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

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

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22271547

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