Creating new users with Spring Data LdapRepository fails with LDAP error code 32

I am attempting to use Spring Data and the LdapRepository api to read, update and create user data in Ldap. I have been able to read and to update successfully, but whenever I attempt to insert a new record I get this error:

2017-07-25 17:31:01.966 ERROR 14404 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] o.a.c.c.C.[.[.[/].[dispatcherServlet]    : Servlet.service() for servlet [dispatcherServlet] in context with path [] threw exception [Request processing failed; 
nested exception is org.springframework.ldap.NameNotFoundException: 
[LDAP: error code 32 - The search base entry 'uid=testy1@testy.org,ou=people,ou=myou,dc=bar,dc=foo' does not exist]; 
nested exception is javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: 
[LDAP: error code 32 - The search base entry 'uid=testy1@testy.org,ou=people,ou=myou,dc=bar,dc=foo' does not exist]; remaining name 'uid=testy1@testy.org'] 
with root cause
javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: [LDAP: error code 32 - The search base entry 'uid=testy1@testy.org,ou=people,ou=myou,dc=bar,dc=foo' does not exist]

My application.properties is:

user-api.ldap.contextSource.url=ldap://server.address.com:1389
user-api.ldap.contextSource.userDn=cn=manager role
user-api.ldap.contextSource.password=apasswordwashere
user-api.ldap.contextSource.base=ou=people,ou=myou,dc=bar,dc=foo

My repo interface, LdapUserRepository.java:

public interface LdapUserRepository extends LdapRepository<LdapUser>{

   LdapUser findByCn(String cn);

   LdapUser findBySn(String sn);

   LdapUser save(LdapUser ldapUser);
}

I get the same response whether or not I explicitly expose the save method.

My configuration is done in LdapConfiguration.java:

@Configuration
@EnableLdapRepositories(basePackages = "foo.bar.userapi.dao.ldap", ldapTemplateRef="userLdapTemplate")
public class LdapConfiguration {

    @Autowired
    Environment env;

    @Bean
    public LdapContextSource contextSource () {
        LdapContextSource contextSource= new LdapContextSource();
        contextSource.setUrl(env.getRequiredProperty("user-api.ldap.contextSource.url"));
        contextSource.setBase(env.getRequiredProperty("user-api.ldap.contextSource.base"));
        contextSource.setUserDn(env.getRequiredProperty("user-api.ldap.contextSource.userDn"));
        contextSource.setPassword(env.getRequiredProperty("user-api.ldap.contextSource.password"));
        return contextSource;
    }

    @Bean(name="userLdapTemplate")
    public LdapTemplate ldapTemplate() {
        return new LdapTemplate(contextSource());       
    }

}

And my test routine:

public void test() {
   LdapUser ldapUser =  new LdapUser();

   ldapUser.setCn("198777777");
   ldapUser.setCountry("United States");
   ldapUser.setGivenName("Hepsibah");
   ldapUser.setIsActive("true");
   ldapUser.setSn("Testerson91");
   ldapUser.setStatus("active");
   ldapUser.setUid(LdapUtils.newLdapName("uid=testy1@testy.org"));
   ldapUser.setUserModifyTimestamp("20160222145439Z");
   ldapUser.setUserPassword("Password-12345");
   ldapUser = ldapUserRepository.save(ldapUser);
}

To stress, the configuration works for everything except inserts, since if I do something like this, it works:

   public void test2() {
          LdapUser ldapUser =  ldapUserRepository.findBySn("Testerson");
          if ( ldapUser != null) {
                 System.out.println(ldapUser.getUid().toString());
                 System.out.println("result: " + ldapUser.toString());

                 ldapUser.setSn("Testerson2");
                 ldapUser.setUserPassword("Password-12345!");
                 ldapUser = ldapUserRepository.save(ldapUser);

                 ldapUser = ldapUserRepository.findBySn("Testerson2");
                 if ( ldapUser != null) {
                       System.out.println("result: " + ldapUser.toString());
                 }
          }
   }

I suspect that the answer may be to do with Ldap error code 32 while adding user to ldap but I am not explictly adding the dn during the save operation, and an update operation works fine.

Retrieving a record, changing the uid value and saving it gives the same error. Retrieving a record and inspecting the uid shows only the "uid=testy1@testy.org" part and not the "ou=people,ou=myou,dc=bar,dc=foo" part.