Service Details
Name:
 PLATNAUER
Given Name:
 LEONARD MAURICE
Initials:
 L M
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
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Unit:
 16th Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1917-05-03
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Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Additional
Information:
Born Cape Town. Educated South African College (later re-named the University of Cape Town) and Brasenose College, 1913. A Rhodes Scholar (South African College 1915). Mentioned in the British Jewry Book of Honour. ***Jewish. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ARRAS MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Bay 4.

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