William Joseph LABRUM

Regimental number6/1601
Date of birth21 August 1890
Place of birthTopaki
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm hand
AddressWalton
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 9"
Weight151 lbs
Next of kinFriend, Miss Ethel May, Portland, Walton, Rotorua Line
Previous military serviceServed in the 16th (Waikato) Regiment; serving in 6th Kauraki Regiment at time of NZEF enlistment.
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 4 Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of disease 2 December 1915
Place of burialAddolorata Cemetery (Section E, Plot EA, Row A, Grave No 681), Malta
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs T.A.Labrum, Huntly
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Taken on strength, 2nd Battery, Gallipoli, 13 August 1915.

Sent to hospital, 1 September 1915; transferred to HS 'Nile', 5 September 1915 (enteric); to Malta, and disembarked, 8 September 1915 (diarrhoea); admitted to St John's Hospital, 10 September 1915 (dysentery).

Died of heart failure following malaria, 2 December 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

Print format