Louis Xavier Le Vaillant

Rifleman

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Served on Western Front 1917-18.

References:

CWGC

Archives New Zealand

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"Private Louis Le Vaillant, who died at the Akaroa Hospital on Saturday from complications following upon influenza, had returned invalided from the front about six months ago. The deceased was a member of a well-known old French family." [Sun (Christchurch), Volume V, Issue 1512, 17 December 1918, Page 2]

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Casualty

Service Number:

39067

Name:

Louis Xavier Le Vaillant

Rank:

Rifleman

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

F. Le Vaillant (brother), Barry's Bay, Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Occupation on Enlistment:

Farmer

Unit:

22nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of Sickness

Date of Death:

14 December 1918

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

13 February 1917

Transport:

HMNZT 77

Vessel:

Mokoia

Destination:

Plymouth, England (2 May 1917)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Akaroa Anglican Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Plot 533.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand