Leonard Jack DORIA

Regimental number23/1375
OccupationDriver
Next of kinMother, Mrs H Pope, Wimbledon North, Dannevirke
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 3rd Reinforcements of 1st Battalion, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 38 Tahiti on 8 January 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Helen Pope (formerly Doria), Wimbleston, Dannevirke, Napier, and the late Mr B.D. Doria. Native of Porangahau, Hawke's Bay
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 28114 Pte Birley Reginald DORIA, New Zealand Infantry Reinforcements, died of disease, 30 December 1916; 22953 Lance Corporal Percy DORIA, No 1 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, died of wounds, 16 October 1917.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 16, p. 1

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