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Husband of Muriel Labertouche, of Cootham, Pulborough, Sussex.

Major Guy Neale Landale Labertouche, 122nd Rajputana Infantry, Indian Army. He was the son of Peter Paul Labertouche and Eleanor Annie Labertouche. Husband of Janet Muriel Christina Campbell Labertouche. Baptised in 1871 in Christ Church, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia. Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned into the Suffolk Regiment on 9 Jan 1892. Promoted to Lieutenant on 14 Nov 1894. Transferred to the Indian Army on 8 Aug 1896 joining the 22nd Bombay Infantry. Promoted to Captain on 10 Jul 1901 and to Major on 9 Jan 1910. He served on the North West Frontier of India 1897-98 in the Tochi Valley (medal and clasp) and in China in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion (medal). He was ADC to a Major General in India Mar 1903-May 1903, ADC to a Lieutenant General/Divisional Commander May 1903-Mar 1906. He was serving with the 122nd Rajputana Infantry (previously the 22nd Bombay Infantry having change title in 1903) in Kohat, North West Frontier of India (now Pakistan) at the start of WW1. They remained in India for the first 2 years of the war. Major Labertouche was attached to the 119th Indian Infantry (Mooltan Regiment) and deployed to Mesopotamia. He was killed in action on 14 Apr 1915 when Turkish forces mounted a counter attack on Basra, launched on 12 Apr 1915. He is buried in Basra War Cemetery, Al Basrah, Basra, Iraq.

News has been- received by friends of the late Mr. P.  P. Labertouche, formerly secretary of the Victorian  railways, that his son Guy, lieutenant-colonel  commanding 122nd Rejputana Infantry, has been  killed in action in France. Lieut.-Colonel Labertouche  was born in Melbourne, and received his early education here.