Robert Leishman LANGDON

Regimental number44495
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinFather, R.L. Langdon, Wai-iti, Masterton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 26th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 85 Willochra on 9 June 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 11 February 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialOxford Road Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No 2), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert Leishman Langdon & Kate Langdon, Ardilea, Colyton, Feilding
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4/617 Sapper Harold Leishman LANGDON, New Zealand Engineers, died of disease, 5 August 1915.
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 66, p. 8