William LANGFORD

Regimental number24/2017
OccupationMessenger
Next of kinMother, Ellen Langford, 14 Somerset Avenue, Wellington South
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Reinforcements to 1st and 2nd Battalions, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 4 March 1916
Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 5 March 1916.
Final rankSergeant
Final unitC Company, 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 8 October 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialAnneux British Cemetery (Plot IV Row C, Grave No 17), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs Ellen Langford, 14 Somerset Avenue, Wellington
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 75587 Private Henry LANGFORD; 45381 Sapper John LANGFORD
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 30