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Personal data

• Name THOMPSON
• Initials LB
• First name LESLIE BENNETT
• Place of birth Ashburton
• Country Canterbury, New Zealand
• Last residence 45 Wakanui Road, Ashburton
• Family Son of William Thompson and Margaret Maria Bennett, of 65, Wakanui Rd., Ashburton, New Zealand.
  Three sisters (Elsie Mary, Bessie Cummins, Eileen Annie); two brothers (Stanley William Bennett, Marvyn Bennett)
• Education Recruit New Zealand Expeditionary Force
• Profession Carter
• Extra info Commemorated on the Ashburton War Memorial

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 14 March 1917
• Service number 54093
• Rank Private
• Medals War Service Medal
• Regiment and unit 3rd Bn. Otago Regiment 4th Coy.
• Division - Brigade 4th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division New Zealand Division
• National force N.Z.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked from Wellington NZ 16 July 1917; disembarked Liverpool 16 September; left for France 26 October; posted to 4th coy 9 November 1917 .

Death

• Wounded 16 December, Beselare sector
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wound to right leg and shoulder, in n°10 CCS
• Date of death 17 December 1917
• Died at the age of 20
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVII - DD - 20

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