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Personal data

• Name DERRETT
• Initials LW
• First name LESLIE WALTER
• Place of birth Papanui
• Country New Zealand
• Last residence North Road, Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand
• Family Youngest son of George Daniel and Sarah Derret, of Vague's Rd., Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand.
• Education Papanui District School
• Profession Labourer
• Extra info Member of the Merivale Rugby team

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Dunedin, 20 April 1915
• Service number 254728
• Rank Lance Corporal
• Medals Mentioned in Despatches
• Regiment and unit 1st Bn. Canterbury Regiment
• Division - Brigade 2nd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division New Zealand Division
• National force N.Z.E.F.
• Other data related to military career EMBARKATION: 14 August 1915, Wellington
  To France: 6 April 1916

Death

• Wounded 12 October, Passchendaele
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds in right thigh and left leg
• Date of death 14 October 1917
• Died at the age of 22
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI - F - 13A

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