Corporal

Leonard Rex Dowding

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Francis and Margaret Dowding, of Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number: 
7745
Name:
Leonard Rex Dowding
Rank: 
Corporal
Date of Birth:
30 April 1918
Next of Kin: 
Mr F.N. Dowding (father), Grey Street, Waitara, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
C/o Austin Chair Company, Wellington, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Upholsterer
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Not known
Date of Death:
13 April 1941
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 1st Echelon
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
05 January 1940
Destination:
Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Cemetery Reference: 
Face 14.
Cemetery Location: 
Greece
Leonard Rex Dowding
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