William Duncan DARBY

Regimental number46562
OccupationClerk
Next of kinSister, Miss F G Darby, 160 Salisbury Street, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 25th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Turakina on 26 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 15 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialNine Elms British Cemetery (Plot V, Row F, Grave No 6), Poperinge, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Jane Darby, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 11

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