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  • DERRETT
  • LW
  • LESLIE WALTER
  • Papanui
  • New Zealand
  • North Road, Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Youngest son of George Daniel and Sarah Derret, of Vague's Rd., Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand.
  • Papanui District School
  • Labourer
  • Member of the Merivale Rugby team

Military service

  • Dunedin, 20 April 1915
  • 254728
  • Lance Corporal
  • Mentioned in Despatches
  • 1st Bn. Canterbury Regiment
  • 2nd Brigade
  • New Zealand Division
  • N.Z.E.F.
  • EMBARKATION: 14 August 1915, Wellington
    To France: 6 April 1916

Death

  • 12 October, Passchendaele
  • Died of gunshot wounds in right thigh and left leg
  • 14 October 1917
  • 22
  • XXI - F - 13A

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