William Jackson LOFTUS

Regimental number26640
OccupationBricklayer
Next of kinMother, Mrs M L Jackson, Balfour Road, Parnell, Auckland
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 8th Reinforcements to 4th Battalion, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 65 Pakeha on 23 September 1916
Final rankSapper
Final unitNew Zealand Engineers
FateDied of disease 23 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialHazebrouck Communal Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No 3), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry Loftus and Marion Leah Jackson, Parnell, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 38

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