Cenotaph : 1162

Cenotaph ID: 
1162
Rank Last Held: 
Private
Forenames: 
Leslie Rudolph
Surname: 
Birch
Serial Number: 
189137
Occupation on Enlistment: 
Farm hand
Embarkation Body: 
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Date: 
1916-04-01 00:00:00
Place of Embarkation: 
Wellington, New Zealand
Destination: 
Suez, Egypt (1-3 May 1916)
Vessel: 
Maunganui or Tahiti
Nominal Roll Number: 
28
Page on Nominal Roll: 
2
Date of Death: 
25 September 1916
Location of Cemetery/Memorial: 
Somme, France
Cause of Death: 
Killed in action
Archives NZ Reference: 
R22311350
Memorial Name: 
Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France
First Rank: 
Trooper
Next of Kin: 
W. Birch (father), Maxwelltown, Wanganui, New Zealand
Transport: 
HMNZT 49 | HMNZT 50
Last Unit Served: 
Otago Infantry Regiment, 1 Battalion

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