Leslie Cecil Lloyd Averill was a New Zealand soldier who served during the First World War on the Western Front. After the war, he became a doctor and established a private practice in his hometown of Christchurch. He also served as a medical administrator and community leader.
A 1920 painting depicting the scaling of the walls of Le Quesnoy, with Averill at the top of the ladder. The artist was George Edmund Butler, an official artist of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
Alfred Walter Averill was the second Anglican Archbishop of New Zealand, from 1925 to 1940. He was also the fifth Anglican Bishop of Auckland whose episcopate spanned a 25-year period during the first half of the 20th century.
Averill in 1929
Archbishop Alfred Averill and Mary Averill passport application (1929)
Mary Averill in 1929