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Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14568, 21 November 1917, Page 5
News has been received that Corporal Leslie L. Israel has died of wounds at the Third Australian clearing station in France. He was a son of Mr E. A. Israel, of the Gisborne Post Office, and formerly stationed in this city. The deceased was a prominent member of St. John's Methodist Bible Class, and a playing member of the Nelson football team. He enlisted with the Main Body in the Mounted Rifles, but was rejected. He afterwards went with the Reinforcements and served in the Gallipoli campaign, and was at the withdrawal. He accompanied the Main Body to France. For some time he was an instructor at Sling Camp. At the time of enlistment he was employed in Messrs Neale and Haddow's office. His only brother, Lieutenant Aubrey Israel, recently wounded, is still with the Forces.
6/2170 Leslie Lambert Israel
Belgium
DATE OF DEATH
5 October 1917
YEAR OF DEATH
1917
CAUSE OF DEATH
Died of wounds
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917
Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14568, 21 November 1917, Page 5
Private W. J. Joynt, who is reported to have died of wounds, was the youngest of three brothers serving at the front, sons of Mr and Mrs J. W. Joynt, of Hope. He left New Zealand with the Fourth Reinforcements, and was wounded at Gallipoli. He was on the staff of the Bank of Australasia at Ashburton, and was 19 years of age when he enlisted, and he died the day after his twenty-second birthday. At the time of his death he was attached to the Ambulance Corps as a stretcher-bearer.
6/1892 William John Joynt
Belgium
DATE OF DEATH
14 October 1917
YEAR OF DEATH
1917
CAUSE OF DEATH
Died of wounds
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
brother of Thomas Shury 7/1369 and Frank Dennis 51656.
Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14568, 21 November 1917, Page 5
News has been received by mail regarding the death in France of Sergeant Hugh Frederick Owen, son of Mrs E. Owen, of Russell street, Nelson, who voluntarily enlisted and went with the 12th Regiment of the Main Body. He served at Gallipoli and in Egypt, and twice returned to the front after being wounded. After being removed to France he was again wounded, and was sent to hospital in England. He could have remained in England after, being wounded for the third time, but insisted on continuing his work as a sergeant at the fighting front. In a letter received from Lieutenant F. G. Matthews it is stated that Sergeant Owen was an energetic and fearless leader, and was killed by shell on August 8 th. After a night of heavy fighting a shell burst through the parapet and struck him on the head, and he died without recovering consciousness before reaching the hospital. Private W. Hounsell, a Nelson boy, has also written to the deceased's mother a thoughtful letter, saying that her son was much respected by the men, and that he died from a shell wound while in the hands of the ambulance party. Private Hounsell also shows that great care was taken over the burial and the marking of the grave.
6/318 Hugh Frederick Owen
Belgium
DATE OF DEATH
8 August 1917
YEAR OF DEATH
1917
CAUSE OF DEATH
Died of wounds
Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14568, 21 November 1917, Page 5
Second Lieutenant James Leslie Green, who was killed in action on October 12th, was a son of Mr Charles Green, of Pokororo. He left New Zealand with the Main Body as a private, and saw service at Gallipoli, where he contracted bronchitis, and was invalided to England. On recovering he acted as instructor at Sling Camp for about twelve months, and had an opportunity of returning to New Zealand for a commission, but preferred to go to France, where he gained his lieutenancy. Prior to enlistment he was engaged in sheepfarming with his brother at Pokororo. Deceased, who was 28 years of age, was a splendid athlete. He won the last cycle road race from Nelson to Belgrove and also competed in the Now Zealand road race. On the voyage Home he won a boxing tournament on the troopship, receiving a gold medal, which is now in his father's possession. His brother Arthur, who left New Zealand with the Fourteenth Reinforcements, is serving in France.
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James Leslie Green
12 October 1917
AGE AT DEATH
25
YEAR OF DEATH
1917
CAUSE OF DEATH
Died of wounds
MEMORIAL NAME
€ Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
€ Ngatimoti War Memorial, Tasman District, New Zealand
N.Z. Apse, Panel 2.
"Second-Lieutenant J. L. Green, killed in action on October 12, was the second son of Mr. Chas. Green, of Motueka, Nelson, and nephew of Mr. George Green, of Thames. Lieutenant Green sailed with the main body. He served in Egypt and Gallipoli as corporal and gained his commission in England. He was 25 years of age, and was well known in New Zealand cycle-racing circles." (Auckland Weekly News, 1 November 1917, p.
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917
Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 3452, 24 January 1918, Page 2
News has been received of the death in action in France of Sapper Jack Gorton, youngest son of the late Colonel Gorton, of this district. When the war broke out he was farming in the Argentine. He immediately proceeded to England and enlisted serving right through the Gallipoli campaign .where he was severely wounded. Later, he was sent to the western front. After a service much longer than the average, he has made the supreme sacrifice.
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4/212B Edward St George Gorton British Section, NZEF, New Zealand Engineers
1918
CAUSE OF DEATH
Killed in action
CEMETERY NAME
Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium
GRAVE REFERENCE
IV.A.22.
€ Son of Lieutenant Colonel Edward and Nora M.S. Gorton, of Feilding.
€ "Was farming in the Argentine when war broke out, but decided to give it up and sail for England, where he enlisted with the New Zealanders. He was right through the Gallipoli campaign and received a severe wound, but on recovery returned to the front and later proceeded to France, where he was killed in action on January 11th, 1918. The evening before his death he received instructions to leave for a commission in England, but asked permission to go out and finish a job he had not completed. While doing this he was instantly killed by a shell. He was in the Engineers and very keen on his work. Had he been a little less so he would in all probability be alive today." (In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School])
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Derekspiers, on 25 November 2011 - 09:03 AM, said:
It might be a good idea to have some help with this project get a volunteer to do seperate battalions of individual 
