Leonard Talbot RUSSELL

Regimental number7/1889
Addressc/o Mrs A Russell, Brookside, Canterbury
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs M A Russell, Brookside, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 36 Tofua on 14 November 1915
Final rankBombardier
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 20 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialRocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery (Plot XIV, Row D, Grave No 28), Manancourt, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Mary Russell, Brookside, Canterbury
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Eighth

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