Samuel Leonard Brambley Hirst

Descendant of Elizabeth of Rhuddlan,Countess of Hereford.
Clerk,Bank of New Zealand.
Regimental No. 26 / 1552. Sergeant, Auckland Infantry Regiment,
( 6th Hauraki) , NZ Rifle Brigade, 1st NZEF 1916 - 1917.
Enlisted 26 October 1915. Embarked for Western European conflict 02 April 1916.
Next of Kin : S.L. Hirst, 5 Hamilton Road,Ponsonby,Auckland.
09 June l917 Leonard died of gas wounds received during Battle of Messines.<bAged 28 years.

r/> Place of death : 11th General Hospital, Camiers, France.
Interred : Trois Arbres Military Cemetery,Steenwerk,Nord-Pas-de Calais, France.
Family Grave Memorial at Waikaraka, Onehunga, Auckland. (memorial ID 188233975).
Plot Area 1,Block H, Plot 159A.

The correct spelling for Leonard's third christian name is Bramley and not Brambley.