Thomas Gabriel LAWRENCE

Regimental number10/1880
Date of birth30 October 1889
Place of birthInvercargill
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressRaurimu
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 11"
Weight160 lbs
Next of kinFather, W P Lawrence, Springhead, Seddon, Marlborough
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 January 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 17 April 1915
The 4th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, left New Zealand on board three ships (HMNZT 21 'Willochra', HMNZT 22 'Knight Templar', and HMNZT 23 'Waitomo'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 21), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: William Peter and Annie Eliza Lawrence, McLaughlin Street, Farnham, Blenheim
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 9 June 1915.

Admitted to 15th Stationary Hospital, Mudros, 25 June 1915 (diarrhoea); discharged from hospital, 30 June 1915; rejoined Bn, Gallipoli, 1 July 1915.

Sick to hospital, 2 August 1915; rejoined Bn, 3 August 1915 (no further details recorded).

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Believed to be dead at Gallipoli on 8th August 1915'.

War service: 207 days (of which 114 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 10918284