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Captain JAMES ROBERT RUXTON LEYS

Service Number: 15/557A
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 April 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARINGHE (BANDAGHEM) MILITARY CEMETERY

V. D. 21.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Ruxton Leys and Florence Amelia Mary Leys, of 228, Happy Valley Rd., Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand. Also served in Gallipoli.
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Buried or commemorated at

HARINGHE (BANDAGHEM) MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 817
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