Biography: Averill, Leslie Cecil Lloyd

Leslie Cecil Lloyd Averill, 1977

Because of his key role in the liberation of Le Quesnoy at the end of the First World War, Leslie Averill had a school there named after him, and attended its opening in 1977.

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Geoffrey W. Rice. 'Averill, Leslie Cecil Lloyd', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2633/leslie-cecil-lloyd-averill-1977 (accessed 4 June 2026).