Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a gidan dangi a 18 Poultney Street a Bath, Labalmondière ya fito ne daga dangin Faransa mai daraja wanda ya kafa gonakin shuka a West Indies. Ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Eton da Kwalejin Sojoji na Royal, Sandhurst, inda ya wuce a saman jerin tare da girmamawa na musamman, kuma an ba shi izini a matsayin Ensign a cikin 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot (daga baya Royal Irish Rifles). Ya yi aiki a Canadas, 1837-1838, ya aika da sakonni a lokacin Mackenzie's Rebellion
da tawayen Papineau, kuma an daukaka shi laftanan. An daukaka shi kyaftin a 1844. A cikin 1846-1849, ya yi aiki a Ireland a lokacin Babbar Yunwa, a matsayin mai dubawa na wucin gadi tare da ayyuka na musamman a ƙarƙashin Kwamishinonin Dokar Talakawa. Bayan rufe kwamitocin agaji na gida a 1847, kwamitocin da ke Castlegregory, Castleisland, Ventry, Tralee da Ballincuslane sun aika da shaidun jama'a game da ƙoƙarinsa.