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VC840 Leslie Wilton Andrew
Name Leslie Wilton Andrew No. 11795
VC Issue No. 840 Awards VC DSO
Regiment New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment, Wellington-West Coast Company
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Corporal
Rank End Of Career Brigadier
Place Of Birth Ashurst, Palmerston North, North Island, New Zealand
Place Of Death Palmerston North Hospital, North Island, New Zealand
Buried/Location Ashes Levin Returned Servicemen's Association Lawn Cemetery, Tiro Tiro Road, Palmerstone North, North Island, New Zealand
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 11 January 1969
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Returned Servicemen's Section, Row 13
Gazetted 6 September 1917
VC Presented 31 October 1917, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
Headstone, Levin Returned Servicemen's Association Lawn Cemetery, Tiro Tiro Road, Palmerstone North, North Island, New Zealand
Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Queens Gardens, Dunedin, New Zealand
Andrew Avenue, Palmerston North, New Zealand
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
Memorial Plaque near Site of Action, Rue Faubourg de Lille, Comines-Warneton, Belgium
Named on Memorial Sundial, Caroline Bay, Timaru, New Zealand
By The Way…
With the exception of Quartermaster-Sergeant he held every rank from Private to Brigadier
VC Held By
Queen Elizabeth II Army Memorial Museum, Waiouru, New Zealand
BORN 23 March 1897
DIED 8 January 1969 AGE 71
VC Won 31 July 1917 AGE 20
Place VC Won La Bassee Ville, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War 1917
