Corporal

Leslie John Whisker

MM

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Charles and Eliza Whisker, of Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES
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Casualty

Service Number: 
23/953
Name:
Leslie John Whisker
Rank: 
Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Charles Whisker (borther), Taumarunui, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Lake Road, Frankton Junction, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
3 New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
21 April 1918
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
23
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
09 October 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 30
HMNZT 31
HMNZT 32
HMNZT 33
HMNZT 34
Vessel:
Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
P. VI. N. 4A.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Leslie John Whisker
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