William Henry RUSSELL

Regimental number2/2714
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinFather, William Russell, c/o A E Brown, Forty Mile Bush
Rank on embarkationGunner
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankDriver
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
Other detailsBrothers: 79844 Leonard Wilfred RUSSELL; 2/2713 Louis Victor RUSSELL; 62260 Pte William George RUSSELL, 1st Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 26 September 1916
FateDied of wounds 20 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialWalton and Weybridge Cemetery (Screen Wall 913), Walton-on-Thames, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Jane Russell, Lower Hutt, Wellington
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 35