On the morning of the 6th, while the two company commanders were reconnoitring the position with a view to a more definite attack on the machine-gun positions and the clearing of the salient, Lieut. Buchler was killed by a shot from a sniper, the same bullet also accounting for a sentry stationed in the shallow trench near him. Later in the day a strong enemy counter-attack developed in this locality. The Germans were particularly bold and enterprising, and there was long-continued hand-to-hand fighting in practically every sap held by the 3rd Battalion. Our artillery action, however, prevented enemy reinforcements from coming up, and not only were the attackers everywhere forced back, but fresh ground was gained at all points. -Official History of the NZ Rifle Brigade.
PRIVATE J. McLEOD.
Died of wounds on the 7th of this month. Private John McLeod is a son of George and the late Marion McLeod, of Waianiwa. He was born 33 years ago at Taramoa, and educated at the Waianiwa School. A member of the 23rds, he was a farmer before enlisting. Bicycle racing and football interested him, and he was also a member of the Rechabite Lodge. -Southland Times, 22/4/1918.
John McLeod's Army record shows that he was admitted on April 6 to the 1st NZ Field Ambulance suffering from: "SW elbow leg forehead buttock pen abdomen;" which translates as: "shrapnel wounds elbow, leg, forehead buttock pentrated abdomen."
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