We remember Leslie Wilton Andrew

We remember Leslie Wilton Andrew

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Timeline

Timeline

1897
birth Ashurst, Palmerston North New Zealand Source:8070914 23rd March 1897
1917
service New Zealand Expeditionary Force Corporal 11795 New Zealand Army Wellington Infantry Battalion Source:8070914 31st July 1917
1917
awards Victoria Cross (VC) British Award/Decoration Source:8070919 6th September 1917
1918
marriage Bessie Mead Ball Source:8955315 1918
1969
dates Age 71 Source:8070914 8th January 1969
awards Distinguished Service Order (DSO) British Award/Decoration Source:8070914
education Ashhurst Primary School Source:8955315
education Wanganui Collegiate Source:8955315
education Wanganui East District High School Source:8955315
employment Clerk Source:8955333
service New Zealand Expeditionary Force 30250 New Zealand Army Wellington Infantry Battalion Source:7988046
1969
death Palmerston North, Manawatu New Zealand Source:7988046 8th January 1969
burial Old Levin Cemetery (tiro Tiro Road) Non-War Cemetery Corner Mako Mako and Tiro Tiro Road, Levin New Zealand Source:7988046

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Leslie Wilton
Initials LW
Last Name Andrew
Source 8070914
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 30250 New Zealand Army Wellington Infantry Battalion
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 11795 New Zealand Army Wellington Infantry Battalion Corporal
Awards
AwardTypeSource
Distinguished Service Order (DSO) British Award/Decoration
VC British Award/Decoration
Victoria Cross (VC) British Award/Decoration
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Frances Hannah Andrew mother
William Jeffrey Andrew father
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Bessie Mead Ball wife 1918

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Online Cenotaph: New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Victoria Cross Recipients 1854-2006 Transcription Charlotte33
New Zealand WW1 Soldiers Transcription Becky117596

External Evidence

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Victoria Cross citation, the London Gazette Charlotte33
VCs of the First World War, Passchendaele 1917, Stephen Snelling Becky117596

Multimedia

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Portrait photograph of Leslie Wilton Andrew Charlotte33
Headstone Deborah102878

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